Impact of vagal nerve stimulation on left atrial structure and function in a canine high-rate pacing model

Circulation: Heart Failure

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 320-326

  Kusunose, Kenya ^a   Zhang, Youhua ^b   Mazgalev, Todor N ^a   Van Wagoner, David R ^a   Thomas, James D ^a   Popović, Zoran B ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial function; Left; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROSIS; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART PACING; HISTOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MONGREL DOG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DOG; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84899649857     PISSN: 19413289     EISSN: 19413297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.113.000937     Document Type: Article

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