Chronic atrioventricular nodal vagal stimulation: First evidence for long-term ventricular rate control in canine atrial fibrillation model

Circulation

Volumn 112, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 2904-2911

  Zhang, Youhua ^a   Yamada, Hirotsugu ^a   Bibevski, Steve ^b   Zhuang, Shaowei ^a   Mowrey, Kent A ^a   Wallick, Don W ^a   Oh, Seil ^a   Mazgalev, Todor N ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular node; Fibrillation; Heart rate; Hemodynamics; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEMODYNAMICS; LONG TERM CARE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEMETRY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HEART VENTRICLES; TELEMETRY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 27744505558     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.568832     Document Type: Article

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