Neural control of ventricular rate in ambulatory dogs with pacing-induced sustained atrial fibrillation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 571-580

  Park, Hyung Wook ^a,d   Shen, Mark J ^a   Han, Seongwook ^a   Shinohara, Tetsuji ^a   Maruyama, Mitsunori ^a   Lee, Young Soo ^a   Shen, Changyu ^a   Hwang, Chun ^b   Chen, Lan S ^a   Fishbein, Michael C ^c   Lin, Shien Fong ^a   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UTAH VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrioventricular node; Autonomic nervous system; ECG; Ventricular rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL DOG; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INFERIOR VENA CAVA INFERIOR ATRIAL GANGLIONATED PLEXUS NERVE ACTIVITY; MOBILIZATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; VAGUS NERVE; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 84863639107     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.967737     Document Type: Article

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