Interactions between atrial electrical remodeling and autonomic remodeling: How to break the vicious cycle

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 804-809

  Yu, Lilei ^a   Scherlag, Benjamin J ^b   Sha, Yong ^b   Li, Shaolong ^b   Sharma, Tushar ^b   Nakagawa, Hiroshi ^b   Jackman, Warren M ^b   Lazzara, Ralph ^b   Jiang, Hong ^a   Po, Sunny S ^b  

^a RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Autonomic nervous system; Vagal stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATRIAL ELECTRICAL REMODELING; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; AUTONOMIC REMODELING; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOG; ELECTRODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID ATRIAL PACING; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SINUS RHYTHM; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DOGS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MICROELECTRODES; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84860003135     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.12.023     Document Type: Article

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