New Concepts in Atrial Fibrillation: Mechanism and Remodeling

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-63

  Chou, Chung Chuan ^a   Chen, Peng Sheng ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRADYCARDIA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART INNERVATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PURKINJE CELL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SINUS NODE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIA; HEART RATE; HUMANS;

EID: 36448972716     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2007.08.008     Document Type: Review

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