Targeting of cardiac autonomic plexus for modulation of intracardiac neural tone

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1090-1096

  Gemein, Christopher ^a   Schauerte, Patrick ^a   Hatam, Nima ^a   Rana, Obaida R ^a   Saygili, Erol ^a   Meyer, Christian ^a   Eickholt, Christian ^a   Schmid, Michael ^a   Knackstedt, Christian ^a   Zarse, Markus ^a   Mischke, Karl ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrioventricular node; Heart rate; Parasympathetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART STIMULATION; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DOGS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; MALE;

EID: 68649083500     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup160     Document Type: Article

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