Impact of pharmacological autonomic blockade on complex fractionated atrial electrograms

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 766-772

  Knecht, Sébastien ^a   Wright, Matthew ^a   Matsuo, Seiichiro ^a   Nault, Isabelle ^a   Lellouche, Nicolas ^a   Sacher, Frédéric ^b   Kim, Steven J ^b   Morgan, Dennis ^b   Afonso, Valtino ^b   Shinzuke, Miyazaki ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^a   Clémenty, Jacques ^a   Narayan, Sanjiv M ^a   Ritter, Phillipe ^a   Jaïs, Pierre ^a   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; autonomic nervous system; complex fractionated atrial electrograms; pulmonary veins; vagus

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; ISOPRENALINE; PROPRANOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART FUNCTION TEST; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATROPINE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPRANOLOL;

EID: 77954039631     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2009.01712.x     Document Type: Article

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