Complex fractionated electrograms in the right atrial free wall and the superior/posterior wall of the left atrium are affected by activity of the autonomic nervous system

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-33

  Chaldoupi, Sevasti Maria ^a   Linnenbank, Andre C ^b,c   Wittkampf, Fred H ^a   Boldt, Leif H ^d   Wessel, Harry Van ^a   Van Driel, Vincent J ^a   Doevendans, Pieter A ^a   Hauer, Richard N ^a   De Bakker, Jacques M ^a,b,c   Loh, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; autonomic nervous system; catheter ablation; complex fractionated electrograms; vagus

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATROPINE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; METOPROLOL; MIDDLE AGED; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYMPATHOLYTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856024147     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02145.x     Document Type: Article

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