Vagal paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: Prevalence and ablation outcome in patients without structural heart disease

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 489-493

  Rosso, Raphael ^a,b   Sparks, Paul B ^a,b   Morton, Joseph B ^a,b   Kistler, Peter M ^a,b   Vohra, Jitendra K ^a,b   Halloran, Karen ^a,b   Medi, Caroline ^a,b   Kalman, Jonathan M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adrenergic; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary vein; Vagus

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN SURGERY;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 77951159002     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2009.01658.x     Document Type: Article

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