Increase of Ventricular Interval during Atrial Fibrillation by Atrioventricular Node Vagal Stimulation: Chronic Clinical Atrioventricular-Nodal Stimulation Download Study

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 562-568

  Bianchi, Stefano ^a   Rossi, Pietro ^a   Schauerte, Patrick ^b   Elvan, Arif ^c   Blomström Lundqvist, Carina ^d   Kornet, Lilian ^e   Gal, Pim ^c   Mörtsell, David ^d   Wouters, Griet ^e   Gemein, Christopher ^f  

^a SAN GIOVANNI ADDOLORATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; shock; vagal stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL STIMULATION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; IMPLANTED VAGUS NERVE STIMULATOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ALGORITHM; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART FUNCTION TEST; INNERVATION; ITALY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TIME;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84942914999     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.114.002588     Document Type: Article

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