Long-term effects of box isolation on sympathovagal balance in atrial fibrillation

Circulation Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1096-1103

  Yamaguchi, Yoshio ^a   Kumagai, Koichiro ^b   Nakashima, Hideko ^b   Saku, Keijiro ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA SANNO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Autonomic nervous system; Catheter ablation; Electrophysiology; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BOX ISOLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 77953508457     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-09-0899     Document Type: Article

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