Ganglionated plexi ablation directed by high-frequency stimulation and complex fractionated atrial electrograms for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 776-784

  Pokushalov, Evgeny ^a   Romanov, Alexander ^a   Artyomenko, Sergey ^a   Shirokova, Natalya ^a   Turov, Alex ^a   Karaskov, Alexander ^a   Katritsis, Demosthenes G ^b   Po, Sunny S ^c  

^a MESHALKIN NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^b Athens Euroclinic ^*  (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ablation; electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DENERVATION; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; GANGLIONATED PLEXI ABLATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; SINUS RHYTHM; VAGUS REFLEX;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863487311     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2012.03392.x     Document Type: Article

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