Vagal modification can be a valid predictor of late recurrence of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation independent of the pulmonary vein isolation technique

Circulation Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1606-1611

  Yamada, Takumi ^a   Yoshida, Naoki ^b   Murakami, Yoshimasa ^c   Okada, Taro ^c   Yoshida, Yukihiko ^d   Muto, Masahiro ^b   Inden, Yasuya ^b   Murohara, Toyoaki ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Aichi Prefectural Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate variability; Pulmonary vein isolation; Radiofrequency catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DENERVATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION TECHNIQUE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VAGUS TONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 69549121552     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-09-0158     Document Type: Article

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