Ablation of ligament of marshall attenuates atrial vulnerability to fibrillation induced by inferior left atrial fat pad stimulation in dogs

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1024-1030

  Liu, Xingpeng ^a   Yan, Qian ^a   Li, Hui ^a   Tian, Ying ^a   Su, Jing ^b   Tang, Ribo ^a   Lu, Chunshan ^a   Dong, Jianzeng ^a   Ma, Changsheng ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

atrial fat pad; atrial fibrillation; autonomic nervous system; catheter ablation; ligament of Marshall

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM; EXPERIMENTAL DOG; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART INNERVATION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART STIMULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERIOR LEFT ATRIAL FAT PAD; LIGAMENT OF MARSHALL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART ATRIA; LIGAMENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956334399     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2010.01746.x     Document Type: Article

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