Stimulation of the intrinsic cardiac autonomic nervous system results in a gradient of fibrillatory cycle length shortening across the atria during atrial fibrillation in humans

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1224-1231

  Lim, Phang Boon ^a   Malcolme Lawes, Louisa C ^a   Stuber, Thomas ^a   Kojodjojo, Pipin ^a   Wright, Ian J ^a   Francis, Darrel P ^a   Wyn Davies, D ^a   Peters, Nicholas S ^a   Kanagaratnam, Prapa ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; autonomic nervous system; ganglionated plexus; pulmonary veins; vagal tone

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION CYCLE LENGTH; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; GANGLIONATED PLEXUS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HIGH FREQUENCY STIMULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE PLEXUS; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; ATROPINE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 80755140161     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02097.x     Document Type: Article

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