Ganglionated plexi and ligament of Marshall ablation reduces atrial vulnerability and causes stellate ganglion remodeling in ambulatory dogs

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2083-2090

  Zhao, Ye ^a,b   Jiang, Zhaolei ^a,c   Tsai, Wei Chung ^a,d   Yuan, Yuan ^a,c   Chinda, Kroekkiat ^a,e   Choi, Eue Keun ^f   Fishbein, Michael C ^g   Lin, Shien Fong ^a,h   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a   Everett, Thomas H ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NARESUAN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Ligament of Marshall; Superior left ganglion plexi

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ABLATION THERAPY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CANINE MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART INNERVATION; HEART RATE; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT OF MARSHALL; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; STELLATE GANGLION; SUPERIOR LEFT GANGLIONATED PLEXUS; TUNEL ASSAY; ANIMAL; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE MODEL; DOG; HEART; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; INNERVATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; STELLATE GANGLION;

EID: 84994310809     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2016.07.014     Document Type: Article

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