Inflammation abnormalities and inducibility of atrial fibrillation after epicardial ganglionated plexi ablation

Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 227-233

  Zhao, Qingyan ^a   Zhang, Shudi ^a   Huang, He ^a   Zhang, Yuguo ^a   Deng, Hongping ^a   Yu, Shengbo ^a   Huang, Congxin ^a  

^a RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Canine; Ganglionated plexi; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATRIAL EFFECTIVE REFRACTORY PERIOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EPICARDIAL GANGLIONATED PLEXI ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART PACING; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; SHAM PROCEDURE; THORACOTOMY; VENOUS BLOOD;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; HEART ATRIA; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; PERICARDIUM; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 79957939191     PISSN: 18752136     EISSN: 18752128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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