The role of the autonomic ganglia in atrial fibrillation

JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 1-13

  Stavrakis, Stavros ^a   Nakagawa, Hiroshi ^a   Po, Sunny S ^a   Scherlag, Benjamin J ^a   Lazzara, Ralph ^a   Jackman, Warren M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; autonomic nervous system; neuromodulation

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CANINE MODEL; CELL FUNCTION; GANGLION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; HUMAN; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; REVIEW; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84944079863     PISSN: 2405500X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2015.01.005     Document Type: Review

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