Central and peripheral vagal nerve involvement in atrial fibrillation

European Heart Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1012-

  Stöllberger, Claudia ^a   Gatterer, Eduard ^a   Finsterer, Josef ^a  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN STEM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; VAGUS NERVE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; VAGUS NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 65249160558     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp068     Document Type: Letter

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