The role of the autonomic nervous system in cardiac arrhythmias: the neuro-cardiac axis, more foe than friend?

AA Manolis, TA Manolis, EJ Apostolopoulos… - Trends in cardiovascular …, 2021 - Elsevier
The autonomic nervous system (ANS) with its two limbs, the sympathetic (SNS) and
parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS), plays a critical role in the modulation of cardiac …

Pulsed field ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: 1-year outcomes of IMPULSE, PEFCAT, and PEFCAT II

VY Reddy, SR Dukkipati, P Neuzil, A Anic, J Petru… - Clinical …, 2021 - jacc.org
Objectives This study sought to determine whether durable pulmonary vein isolation (PVI)
using pulsed field ablation (PFA) translates to freedom from atrial fibrillation recurrence …

Management of atrial fibrillation: Two decades of progress—A scientific statement from the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society

S Lévy, G Steinbeck, L Santini, M Nabauer… - Journal of Interventional …, 2022 - Springer
Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia encountered in
clinical practice. The aim of this review was to evaluate the progress made in the …

Safety and chronic lesion characterization of pulsed field ablation in a Porcine model

MT Stewart, DE Haines, D Miklavčič… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Pulsed field ablation (PFA) has been identified as an alternative to thermal‐
based ablation systems for treatment of atrial fibrillation patients. The objective of this Good …

Cardioneuroablation using epicardial pulsed field ablation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation

B O'Brien, J Reilly, K Coffey… - Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia affecting millions of people
worldwide. The cardiac autonomic nervous system (ANS) is widely recognized as playing a …

Radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: A review of techniques

P Calvert, GYH Lip, D Gupta - Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Ablation of atrial fibrillation is a key area of current research. A multitude of techniques have
been tested, some of which are poorly evidenced and not recommended in routine clinical …

Ganglionated plexi ablation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation

S Avazzadeh, S McBride, B O'Brien, K Coffey… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common type of cardiac arrhythmia and is associated with
significant morbidity and mortality. The autonomic nervous system (ANS) plays an important …

Autonomic Neuromodulation for Atrial Fibrillation Following Cardiac Surgery: JACC Review Topic of the Week

S Zafeiropoulos, I Doundoulakis, IT Farmakis… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - jacc.org
Autonomic neuromodulation therapies (ANMTs)(ie, ganglionated plexus ablation, epicardial
injections for temporary neurotoxicity, low-level vagus nerve stimulation [LL-VNS], stellate …

Novel concepts and approaches in ablation of atrial fibrillation: the role of non-pulmonary vein triggers

C Gianni, S Mohanty, C Trivedi, L Di Biase… - Ep …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Ablation of non-pulmonary vein (PV) triggers is an important step to improve outcomes in
atrial fibrillation ablation. Non-pulmonary vein triggers typically originates from predictable …

The intrinsic cardiac nervous system: from pathophysiology to therapeutic implications

G Giannino, V Braia, C Griffith Brookles, F Giacobbe… - Biology, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The cardiac autonomic nervous system (CANS) controls all cardiac
functions in physiology and pathology. The first intracardiac level of this system, namely the …