Identification of left atrial ganglionated plexi by dense epicardial mapping as ablation targets for the treatment of concomitant atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1336-1341

  Kondo, Yusuke ^a   Ueda, Marehiko ^a   Watanabe, Michiko ^b   Ishimura, Masayuki ^a   Kajiyama, Takatsugu ^a   Hashiguchi, Naotaka ^a   Kanaeda, Tomonori ^a   Nakano, Masahiro ^a   Hiranuma, Yasunori ^a   Ishizaka, Toru ^b   Matsumiya, Goro ^b   Kobayashi, Yoshio ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; autonomic nervous system; ganglionated plexi; maze procedure

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; SINUS RHYTHM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GANGLIONATED PLEXI; MAZE PROCEDURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84886798407     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pace.12169     Document Type: Article

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