Abnormal response of superior sinoatrial node to sympathetic stimulation is a characteristic finding in patients with atrial fibrillation and symptomatic bradycardia

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 799-807

  Joung, Boyoung ^a   Hwang, Hye Jin ^a   Pak, Hui Nam ^a   Lee, Moon Hyoung ^a   Shen, Changyu ^b   Lin, Shien Fong ^c   Chen, Peng Sheng ^c  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Nervous system sympathetic; Pacemakers; Sick sinus syndrome; Sinoatrial node

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; BRADYCARDIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS NODE; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; SINUS NODE RECOVERY TIME; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPERIOR SINOATRIAL NODE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART PACING; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH KOREA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SINOATRIAL NODE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856306241     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.965897     Document Type: Review

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