Combined effect of pulmonary vein isolation and ablation of cardiac autonomic nerves for atrial fibrillation

International Heart Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 661-670

  Ohkubo, Kimie ^a   Watanabe, Ichiro ^a   Okumura, Yasuo ^a   Ashino, Sonoko ^a   Kofune, Masayoshi ^a   Takagi, Yasuhiro ^a   Yamada, Yakeshi ^a   Kofune, Tatsuya ^a   Hashimoto, Kenichi ^a   Shindo, Atsushi ^a   Sugimura, Hidezou ^a   Nakai, Toshiko ^a   Kunimoto, Satoshi ^a   Kasamaki, Yuji ^a   Hirayama, Atsushi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac autonomic nerve denervation; Catheter ablation; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DENERVATION; HEART STIMULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RR INTERVAL; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 60249084631     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.49.661     Document Type: Article

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