Autonomic denervation after the Maze procedure

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 587-592

  Lönnerholm, Stefan ^a   Blomström, Per ^a   Nilsson, Leif ^a   Ericson, Mats ^b   Kesek, Milos ^a   Jideus, Lena ^a   Blomström Lundqvist, Carina ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Heart rate variability; Maze procedure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DENERVATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART RHYTHM; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0037306736     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00098.x     Document Type: Article

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