Differences in sympathetic and vagal effects on paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: A simulation study

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2002, Pages

  Ashihara, Takashi ^a   Yao, Takenori ^a   Namba, Tsunetoyo ^b   Kawase, Ayaka ^c   Ikeda, Takanori ^c   Nakazawa, Kazuo ^d   Ito, Makoto ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Computer simulation; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; VAGUS NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0036867391     PISSN: 07533322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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