Role of autonomic tone in the initiation and termination of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in patients without structural heart disease

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 559-564

  Tomita, Takeshi ^a   Takei, Manabu ^a   Saikawa, Yuko ^b   Hanaoka, Takeshi ^a   Uchikawa, Shin Ichiroh ^a   Tsutsui, Hiroshi ^a   Aruga, Masakazu ^a   Miyashita, Toyohisa ^a   Yazaki, Yoshikazu ^a   Imamura, Hiroshi ^a   Kinoshita, Osamu ^a   Owa, Mafumi ^a   Kubo, Keishi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ambulatory electrocardiography; Atrial fibrillation; Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME PERCEPTION;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038143364     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.02462.x     Document Type: Article

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