Determinants and effects of electrical stimulation of the inferior interatrial parasympathetic plexus during atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1362-1367

  Soós, Pál ^a   Merkely, Béla ^a   Horvat, Pál Maurovich ^a   Zima, Endre ^a   Schauerte, Patrick ^b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrioventricular node; Autonomic nervous system; Parasympathetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; DEVICE; DOG; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENERGY; EPICARDIUM; GANGLION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL; ANIMAL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM; INNERVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; DOGS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIA; MODELS, ANIMAL; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 33644863002     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2005.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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