Effect of the stellate ganglion on atrial fibrillation and atrial electrophysiological properties and its left-right asymmetry in a canine model

Experimental and Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-41

  Zhou, Qina ^a   Hu, Jialu ^b   Guo, Yujun ^a   Zhang, Feng ^a   Yang, Xi ^a   Zhang, Ling ^a   Xu, Xiaoxia ^a   Wang, Lingpeng ^a   Wang, Hongli ^a   Hou, Yuemei ^c  

^a XINJIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Stellate ganglion; Sympathetic nerve

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISPERSION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL DOG; GANGLIONECTOMY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; NONHUMAN; PULMONARY VEIN; STELLATE GANGLION;

EID: 84878290571     PISSN: 12056626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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