The difference in autonomic denervation and its effect on atrial fibrillation recurrence between the standard segmental and circumferential pulmonary vein isolation techniques

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1612-1619

  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   (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

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; CIRCUMFERENTIAL PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION TECHNIQUE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEGMENTAL PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION TECHNIQUE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 71449120016     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup330     Document Type: Article

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