Treatment of Atrial and Ventricular Arrhythmias Through Autonomic Modulation

JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 496-508

  Krul, Sébastien P J ^a   Berger, Wouter R ^a   Veldkamp, Marieke W ^a   Driessen, Antoine H G ^a   Wilde, Arthur A M ^a,b   Deneke, Thomas ^c   De Bakker, Jacques M T ^a,d   Coronel, Ruben ^a,e   De Groot, Joris R ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Princess Al Jawhara Al Brahim Centre of Excellence in Research of Hereditary Disorders   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Heart Center Bad Neustadt   (Germany)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; autonomic nervous system; catheter ablation; renal denervation; stellate ganglion ablation; vagal stimulation; ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123;

ABLATION THERAPY; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CAROTID BODY STIMULATION; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY DENERVATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; STELLATE GANGLION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84951928956     PISSN: 2405500X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2015.09.013     Document Type: Review

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