Atrial autonomic innervation: a target for interventional antiarrhythmic therapy?

D Linz, C Ukena, F Mahfoud, HR Neuberger… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - jacc.org
Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia and is associated with significant morbidity
and mortality. The autonomic nervous system contributes to the creation of atrial fibrillation …

Role of the autonomic nervous system in atrial fibrillation: pathophysiology and therapy

PS Chen, LS Chen, MC Fishbein, SF Lin… - Circulation …, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Autonomic nervous system activation can induce significant and heterogeneous changes of
atrial electrophysiology and induce atrial tachyarrhythmias, including atrial tachycardia and …

Ganglionated plexi as neuromodulation targets for atrial fibrillation

EK Choi, Y Zhao, TH Everett IV… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The autonomic nervous system plays an important role in the genesis of atrial fibrillation and
is one of the candidate targets for atrial fibrillation therapy. This review focuses on the role of …

The cardiac autonomic nervous system: A target for modulation of atrial fibrillation

M Qin, C Zeng, X Liu - Clinical Cardiology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The cardiac autonomic nerve system (CANS) is a potentially potent modulator of the
initiation and perpetuation of atrial fibrillation (AF). In this review, we focus on the …

The role of the autonomic ganglia in atrial fibrillation

S Stavrakis, H Nakagawa, SS Po, BJ Scherlag… - JACC: Clinical …, 2015 - jacc.org
Recent experimental and clinical studies have shown that the epicardial autonomic ganglia
play an important role in the initiation and maintenance of atrial fibrillation (AF). In this …

Role of autonomic nervous system in atrial fibrillation

D Linz, AD Elliott, M Hohl, V Malik, U Schotten… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained arrhythmia and is associated with significant
morbidity and mortality. The autonomic nervous system has a significant role in the milieu …

[HTML][HTML] Sympathetic nervous system activation and its modulation: role in atrial fibrillation

R Carnagarin, MG Kiuchi, JK Ho… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The autonomic nervous system (ANS) has a significant influence on the structural integrity
and electrical conductivity of the atria. Aberrant activation of the sympathetic nervous system …

Comparison of atrial fibrillation inducibility by electrical stimulation of either the extrinsic or the intrinsic autonomic nervous systems

Y Zhang, BJ Scherlag, Z Lu, GD Niu… - Journal of interventional …, 2009 - Springer
Objectives To study the effects of bilateral vagosympathetic nerve stimulation (VNS) and
ganglionated plexi stimulation (GPS) on atrial refractoriness and inducibility of atrial …

Recent insights into the role of the autonomic nervous system in the creation of substrate for atrial fibrillation: implications for therapies targeting the atrial autonomic …

R Arora - Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
In this review, we discuss recent developments in our understanding of the role of the
autonomic nervous system in creating atrial fibrillation (AF) substrate and on how these …

Interrelationships between the autonomic nervous system and atrial fibrillation

B Olshansky - Progress in cardiovascular diseases, 2005 - Elsevier
Mechanisms responsible for atrial fibrillation are not completely understood but the
autonomic nervous system is a potentially potent modulator of the initiation, maintenance …