Vagal effects on the occurrence of focal atrial fibrillation originating from the pulmonary veins

Circulation Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-54

  Liu, Peng ^a,c   Guo, Ji Hong ^b   Zhang, Hai Cheng ^b   Wang, Ming Xiao ^a   Li, Xue Bin ^b   Zhang, Ping ^b   Yi, Zhong ^a   Sun, Jian Ling ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA MEITAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Autonomic nervous system; Electrophysiology; Veins

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DOG; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INNERVATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PULMONARY VEIN; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VAGUS TONE;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MALE; PULMONARY VEINS; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 58549084577     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-08-0513     Document Type: Article

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