Marshaling the autonomic nervous system for treatment of atrial fibrillation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 63, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 1902-1903

  Rajendran, Pradeep S ^a,b,c   Buch, Eric ^a,b   Shivkumar, Kalyanam ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; ethanol; intrinsic cardiac nerves; vein of Marshall

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABLATION THERAPY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMICAL ABLATION; CRYOABLATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GANGLIONATED PLEXUS; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTRINSIC CARDIAC NERVOUS SYSTEM; MEDIASTINAL NERVE; NERVE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NOTE; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN; VEIN OF MARSHALL; CANNULATION; CORONARY VEIN; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; REPEAT PROCEDURE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ETHANOL; INTRINSIC CARDIAC NERVES; VEIN OF MARSHALL;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; PARASYMPATHECTOMY;

EID: 84899802372     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.01.033     Document Type: Editorial

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