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Pulmonary Vein Region Ablation in Experimental Vagal Atrial Fibrillation

DOI

213

Citations

38

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2008

Year

Kristina Lemola, Denis Chartier, Yung‐Hsin Yeh, Marc Dubuc, Raymond Cartier, Andrew Armour, Michael Ting, Masao Sakabe, Akiko Shiroshita-Takeshita, Philippe Comtois,
Circulation

Abstract

Intact PVs are not needed for maintenance of experimental cholinergic AF. Ablation of the autonomic ganglia at the base of the PVs suppresses vagal responses and may contribute to the effectiveness of PV-directed ablation procedures in vagal AF.

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