Neural substrate for atrial fibrillation: Implications for targeted parasympathetic blockade in the posterior left atrium

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Arora, Rishi ^a   Ulphani, Joseph S ^a   Villuendas, Roger ^a   Ng, Jason ^a   Harvey, Laura ^a   Thordson, Sarah ^a   Inderyas, Firdous ^a   Lu, Yi ^a   Gordon, David ^a   Denes, Pablo ^a   Greene, Rodney ^a   Crawford, Susan ^a   Decker, Robert ^a   Morris, Alexander ^a   Goldberger, Jeffrey ^a   Kadish, Alan H ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Immunohistochemistry; Nervous system

Indexed keywords

TROPICAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DOGS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; HEART ATRIA; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; PULMONARY VEINS; RECEPTOR, MUSCARINIC M2; RESEARCH DESIGN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAMIDE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 38149122798     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00732.2007     Document Type: Article

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