Effects of acute autonomic modulation on atrial conduction delay and local electrograms duration in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 290-295

  Oliveira, Mário ^a   Da Silva, Nogueira ^a   Cunha, Pedro ^a   Ramos, Ruben ^a   Marques, Fernando ^a   Santos, Sofia ^a   Rocha, Isabel ^b   Silva Carvalho, Luis ^b   Ferreira, Rui ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARTA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Atrial conduction; Autonomic nervous system; Electrograms; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY MASS; CAROTID SINUS MASSAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 79958149382     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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