Catheter ablation techniques for selective cardiac autonomic denervation to treat patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1265-1266

  Scanavacca, Mauricio ^a   Sosa, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIAC PATIENT; CATHETER ABLATION; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; THERAPY EFFECT; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DEVICES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; PROCEDURES; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; VAGOTOMY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; VAGOTOMY;

EID: 68949215589     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.06.010     Document Type: Editorial

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