Spinal cord stimulation protects against atrial fibrillation induced by tachypacing

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1426-1433.e3

  Bernstein, Scott A ^a   Wong, Brian ^a   Vasquez, Carolina ^a   Rosenberg, Stuart P ^b   Rooke, Ryan ^b   Kuznekoff, Laura M ^a   Lader, Joshua M ^a   Mahoney, Vanessa M ^a   Budylin, Tatyana ^a   Lvstrand, Marie ^a,c   Rakowski Anderson, Tammy ^a   Bharmi, Rupinder ^b   Shah, Riddhi ^b   Fowler, Steven ^a   Holmes, Douglas ^a   Farazi, Taraneh G ^b   Chinitz, Larry A ^a   Morley, Gregory E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST JUDE MEDICAL   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial tachypacing animal models; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL DOG; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84865660318     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.04.038     Document Type: Article

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