Left atrial ablation at the anatomic areas of ganglionated plexi for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1231-1238

  Pokushalov, Evgeny ^a   Romanov, Alexander ^a   Artyomenko, Sergey ^a   Turov, Alex ^a   Shirokova, Natalya ^a   Katritsis, Demosthenes G ^b  

^a MESHALKIN NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^b Athens Euroclinic ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

ablation; atrial fibrillation; autonomic nervous system; ganglionated plexi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SINUS RHYTHM;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; CATHETER ABLATION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957336877     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02800.x     Document Type: Article

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