Acute effects of ganglionated plexi ablation on sinoatrial nodal and atrioventricular nodal functions

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 87-94

  Cui, Bo ^a   Lu, Zhibing ^a   He, Bo ^a   Hu, Xiaorong ^a   Wu, Bing ^a   Xu, Shengkai ^a   Huang, Congxin ^a   Jiang, Hong ^a  

^a RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Atrioventricular node; Ganglionated plexus; Sinoatrial node

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE RECOVERY TIME; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; DOGS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEART ATRIA; SINOATRIAL NODE;

EID: 79953764325     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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