Bilateral atrial ganglionated plexus involvement in atrial responses to left-sided plexus stimulation in canines

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 194-202

  Moss, Emmanuel ^a,b   Cardinal, René ^a,b   Yin, Yalin ^a,b   Pagé, Pierre ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial mapping; Atrial repolarization; Autonomic nervous system; Intrinsic cardiac nervous system; Left atrial ganglionated plexus; Neurocardiology; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECENTRALIZATION; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; LEFT ATRIAL GANGLIONATED PLEXUS; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RIGHT ATRIAL GANGLIONATED PLEXUS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; VAGUS NERVE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL MAPPING; ATRIAL REPOLARIZATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; INTRINSIC CARDIAC NERVOUS SYSTEM; LEFT ATRIAL GANGLIONATED PLEXUS; NEUROCARDIOLOGY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; DOGS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; GANGLIONECTOMY; HEART ATRIA; HEART RATE; MALE; TIME FACTORS; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84879388364     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: 17553245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvt092     Document Type: Article

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