Ablation of epicardial ganglionated plexi increases atrial vulnerability to arrhythmias in dogs

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 711-717

  Mao, Jun ^a   Yin, Xiandong ^b   Zhang, Ying ^c   Yan, Qian ^b   Dong, Jianzeng ^a   Ma, Changsheng ^a   Liu, Xingpeng ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Autonomic nervous system; Catheter ablation; Denervation; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANINE MODEL; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MONGREL DOG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SHAM PROCEDURE; SYSTEMIC EPICARDIAL GANGLIONATED PLEXUS ABLATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DENERVATION; DOG; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART PACING; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; PARASYMPATHETIC GANGLION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; REFRACTORY PERIOD; REMODELING; RISK FACTOR; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; TIME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CATHETER ABLATION; DENERVATION; REMODELING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DOGS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; HEART ATRIA; PERICARDIUM; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 84907880165     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.000799     Document Type: Article

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