Catheter ablation of right atrial ganglionated plexi in patients with vagal paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-31

  Calò, Leonardo ^a   Rebecchi, Marco ^a   Sciarra, Luigi ^a   De Luca, Lucia ^a   Fagagnini, Alessandro ^a   Zuccaro, Lorenzo Maria ^a   Pitrone, Pietro ^b   Dottori, Serena ^b   Porfirio, Maurizio ^a   De Ruvo, Ermenegildo ^a   Lioy, Ernesto ^a  

^a ASL Roma B   (Italy)

^b JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Autonomic denervation; Ganglionated plexi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGUS REFLEX;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DENERVATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84858311160     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.964262     Document Type: Article

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