Cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation temporarily modulates the intrinsic cardiac autonomic nervous system

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-62

  Oswald, Hanno ^a   Klein, Gunnar ^a   Koenig, Thorben ^a   Luesebrink, Ulrich ^a   Duncker, David ^a   Gardiwal, Ajmal ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Cryoablation; Heart rate variability; Pulmonary vein isolation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BALLOON; BRADYCARDIA; CRYOBALLOON PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; DEVICE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART PACING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INTRINSIC CARDIAC AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PULMONARY VEINS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78049454287     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-010-9491-7     Document Type: Article

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