Effect of interconnection between cervical vagus trunk, epicardial fat pad on sinus node function, and atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 356-363

  Zhou, Qina ^a   Zhang, Ling ^a   Wang, Kun ^a   Xu, Xiaoxia ^a   Ji, Meng ^a   Zhang, Feng ^a   Wang, Hongli ^a   Hou, Yuemei ^b  

^a XINJIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ablation; atrial fibrillation; autonomic nervous system; fat pad; vagus trunk

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE FAT PAD; ATTENUATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPICARDIUM; EXPERIMENTAL DOG; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; SINOATRIAL NODE FAT PAD; SINUS NODE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ABLATION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FAT PAD; VAGUS TRUNK;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOGS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERICARDIUM; SINOATRIAL NODE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84895524235     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pace.12265     Document Type: Article

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