Selective ganglionated plexi ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1257-1264

  Pokushalov, Evgeny ^a   Romanov, Alex ^a   Shugayev, Pavel ^a   Artyomenko, Sergey ^a   Shirokova, Natalya ^a   Turov, Alex ^a   Katritsis, Demosthenes G ^b  

^a MESHALKIN NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^b Athens Euroclinic ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Autonomic nervous system; Ganglionated plexi

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; BLOOD PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RR INTERVAL; SELECTIVE GANGLIONATED PLEXI ABLATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VAGUS REFLEX; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; HEART ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 68949215503     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.05.018     Document Type: Article

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