Neural mechanism of atrial fibrillation: Insight from global high density frequency mapping

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1049-1056

  Lo, Li Wei ^a,b   Chiou, Chuen Wang ^c   Lin, Yenn Jiang ^a,b   Lee, Shih Huang ^d   Chen, Shih Ann ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; autonomic; frequency; mapping; vagosympathetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; THORACOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; DOGS; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 80052865761     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02029.x     Document Type: Article

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