Botulinum toxin injection in epicardial fat pads can prevent recurrences of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: Results of a randomized pilot study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 628-629

  Pokushalov, Evgeny ^a   Kozlov, Boris ^b   Romanov, Alexander ^b   Strelnikov, Artem ^b   Bayramova, Sevda ^b   Sergeevichev, David ^b   Bogachev Prokophiev, Alexander ^b   Zheleznev, Sergey ^b   Shipulin, Vladimir ^b   Salakhutdinov, Nariman ^b   Lomivorotov, Vladimir V ^b   Karaskov, Alexander ^b   Po, Sunny S ^b   Steinberg, Jonathan S ^b  

^a MESHALKIN NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84905683723     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.04.062     Document Type: Letter

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