Sympathetic Nervous System Activation and Its Modulation: Role in Atrial Fibrillation

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(2018) M. Bohm et al.   JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION

Atrial fibrillation reduction by renal sympathetic denervation: 12 months’ results of the AFFORD study

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(2018) Alexander Romanov et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Effects of renal sympathetic denervation on the stellate ganglion and brain stem in dogs

(2017) Wei-Chung Tsai et al.   HEART RHYTHM

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The addition of renal sympathetic denervation to pulmonary vein isolation reduces recurrence of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in chronic kidney disease patients

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Long-Term Suppression of Atrial Fibrillation by Botulinum Toxin Injection into Epicardial Fat Pads in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: One Year Follow Up of a Randomized Pilot Study

(2015) Evgeny Pokushalov et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Reverse cardiac remodeling after renal denervation: Atrial electrophysiologic and structural changes associated with blood pressure lowering

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(2015) Rob A. Vermond et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

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(2015) Renate B Schnabel et al.   LANCET

Empagliflozin, Cardiovascular Outcomes, and Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes

(2015) Bernard Zinman et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Epicardial adipose tissue and atrial fibrillation

(2014) S. N. Hatem et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

Driver Domains in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

(2014) Michel Haissaguerre et al.   CIRCULATION

Central Sympathetic Inhibition to Reduce Postablation Atrial Fibrillation Recurrences in Hypertensive Patients

(2014) Georgios Giannopoulos et al.   CIRCULATION

Role of the Autonomic Nervous System in Modulating Cardiac Arrhythmias

(2014) Mark J. Shen et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Computational mapping in atrial fibrillation: how the integration of signal-derived maps may guide the localization of critical sources

(2014) Flavia Ravelli et al.   EUROPACE

Effect of renal sympathetic denervation on the progression of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in canines with long-term intermittent atrial pacing

(2014) X. Wang et al.   EUROPACE

Epicardial adipose tissue-based defragmentation approach to persistent atrial fibrillation: Its impact on complex fractionated electrograms and ablation outcome

(2014) Shiro Nakahara et al.   HEART RHYTHM

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(2014) Atsuko Seki et al.   HEART RHYTHM

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(2014) Maura Greiser et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

CrossTalk opposing view: Rotors have not been demonstrated to be the drivers of atrial fibrillation

(2014) Maurits Allessie et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation

(2014) Susanna C. Larsson et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Novel Genetic Markers Associate With Atrial Fibrillation Risk in Europeans and Japanese

(2014) Steven A. Lubitz et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Ethanol Infusion in the Vein of Marshall Leads to Parasympathetic Denervation of the Human Left Atrium

(2014) José L. Báez-Escudero et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Aggressive Risk Factor Reduction Study for Atrial Fibrillation and Implications for the Outcome of Ablation

(2014) Rajeev K. Pathak et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Arrhythmias, elicited by catecholamines and serotonin, vanish in human chronic atrial fibrillation

(2014) T. Christ et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Relation of hypothyroidism and incident atrial fibrillation (from the Framingham heart study)

(2013) Eun-Jeong Kim et al.   AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL

Effectiveness of Moxonidine to Reduce Atrial Fibrillation Burden in Hypertensive Patients

(2013) Spyridon Deftereos et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Atrial Arrhythmogenesis in Patients With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

(2013) Niels Voigt et al.   CIRCULATION

Characterization of the Left Atrial Neural Network and its Impact on Autonomic Modification Procedures

(2013) Louisa C. Malcolme-Lawes et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

All-cause mortality in 272 186 patients hospitalized with incident atrial fibrillation 1995–2008: a Swedish nationwide long-term case–control study

(2013) Tommy Andersson et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Distribution of adrenergic and cholinergic nerve fibres within intrinsic nerves at the level of the human heart hilum

(2013) V. Petraitiene et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY

Effect of Renal Denervation on Neurohumoral Activation Triggering Atrial Fibrillation in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

(2013) Dominik Linz et al.   HYPERTENSION

Effect of Weight Reduction and Cardiometabolic Risk Factor Management on Symptom Burden and Severity in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

(2013) Hany S. Abed et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Catheter-Based Renal Sympathetic Denervation Significantly Inhibits Atrial Fibrillation Induced by Electrical Stimulation of the Left Stellate Ganglion and Rapid Atrial Pacing

(2013) Yuemei Hou et al.   PLoS One

Comparison of Atrial Fibrillation in the Young versus That in the Elderly: A Review

(2013) Rajiv Sankaranarayanan et al.   Cardiology Research and Practice

Enhanced Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca 2+ Leak and Increased Na + -Ca 2+ Exchanger Function Underlie Delayed Afterdepolarizations in Patients With Chronic Atrial Fibrillation

(2012) Niels Voigt et al.   CIRCULATION

Development, Maturation, and Transdifferentiation of Cardiac Sympathetic Nerves

(2012) Kensuke Kimura et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Does Location of Epicardial Adipose Tissue Correspond to Endocardial High Dominant Frequency or Complex Fractionated Atrial Electrogram Sites During Atrial Fibrillation?

(2012) Koichi Nagashima et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Renal artery ablation instead of pulmonary vein ablation in a hypertensive patient with symptomatic, drug-resistant, persistent atrial fibrillation

(2012) Dirk Vollmann et al.   Clinical Research in Cardiology

Renal Sympathetic Denervation Suppresses Postapneic Blood Pressure Rises and Atrial Fibrillation in a Model for Sleep Apnea

(2012) Dominik Linz et al.   HYPERTENSION

Renal Sympathetic Denervation Provides Ventricular Rate Control But Does Not Prevent Atrial Electrical Remodeling During Atrial Fibrillation

(2012) Dominik Linz et al.   HYPERTENSION

Effects of ganglionated plexi ablation on ventricular electrophysiological properties in normal hearts and after acute myocardial ischemia

(2012) Bo He et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Effects of renal sympathetic denervation on heart rate and atrioventricular conduction in patients with resistant hypertension

(2012) Christian Ukena et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: recommendations for patient selection, procedural techniques, patient management and follow-up, definitions, endpoints, and research trial design

(2012) Hugh Calkins et al.   JOURNAL OF INTERVENTIONAL CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Renal Sympathetic Denervation Reduces Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Improves Cardiac Function in Patients With Resistant Hypertension

(2012) Mathias C. Brandt et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Electrophysiological and Hemodynamic Characteristics Associated With Obesity in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

(2012) Thomas M. Munger et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Effects of Renal Sympathetic Denervation on Arterial Stiffness and Central Hemodynamics in Patients With Resistant Hypertension

(2012) Mathias C. Brandt et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

A Randomized Comparison of Pulmonary Vein Isolation With Versus Without Concomitant Renal Artery Denervation in Patients With Refractory Symptomatic Atrial Fibrillation and Resistant Hypertension

(2012) Evgeny Pokushalov et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Electroanatomic Remodeling of the Left Stellate Ganglion After Myocardial Infarction

(2012) Seongwook Han et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation by the Ablation of Localized Sources

(2012) Sanjiv M. Narayan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

The spectrum of thyroid disease and risk of new onset atrial fibrillation: a large population cohort study

(2012) C. Selmer et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Meta-analysis of Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia versus General Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery

(2011) Vesna Svircevic et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Effects of high thoracic epidural anesthesia on atrial electrophysiological characteristics and sympathetic nerve sprouting in a canine model of atrial fibrillation

(2011) Shu-sen Yang et al.   BASIC RESEARCH IN CARDIOLOGY

Pharmacological Properties of the Central Antihypertensive Agent, Moxonidine

(2011) Lincoln P. Edwards et al.   Cardiovascular Therapeutics

Atrial Fibrillation Pathophysiology

(2011) Yu-ki Iwasaki et al.   CIRCULATION

Effect of Renal Sympathetic Denervation on Glucose Metabolism in Patients With Resistant Hypertension

(2011) Felix Mahfoud et al.   CIRCULATION

Autonomic Remodeling in the Left Atrium and Pulmonary Veins in Heart Failure

(2011) Jason Ng et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Aldosterone promotes atrial fibrillation

(2011) Jan-Christian Reil et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Shift in the pattern of autonomic atrial innervation in subjects with persistent atrial fibrillation

(2011) Thomas Deneke et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Rapid pulmonary vein isolation combined with autonomic ganglia modification: A randomized study

(2011) Demosthenes G. Katritsis et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Smoking and incidence of atrial fibrillation: Results from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

(2011) Alanna M. Chamberlain et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Atrial remodeling in obstructive sleep apnea: Implications for atrial fibrillation

(2011) Hany Dimitri et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Effects of Renal Sympathetic Denervation on Blood Pressure, Sleep Apnea Course, and Glycemic Control in Patients With Resistant Hypertension and Sleep Apnea

(2011) Adam Witkowski et al.   HYPERTENSION

Intrinsic Cardiac Autonomic Stimulation Induces Pulmonary Vein Ectopy and Triggers Atrial Fibrillation in Humans

(2011) PHANG BOON LIM et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Recent advances in the molecular pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation

(2011) Reza Wakili et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Hypertension and atrial fibrillation

(2011) Athanasios J. Manolis et al.   JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION

Neural mechanisms of atrial arrhythmias

(2011) Mark J. Shen et al.   Nature Reviews Cardiology

Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Atrial Fibrillation: A Translational Appraisal

(2011) Ulrich Schotten et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Postoperative atrial fibrillation predicts long-term survival after aortic-valve surgery but not after mitral-valve surgery: a retrospective study

(2011) N. Girerd et al.   BMJ Open

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(2010) Jens Eckstein et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

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(2010) Eue-Keun Choi et al.   CIRCULATION

Electropathological Substrate of Longstanding Persistent Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Structural Heart Disease

(2010) Natasja M.S. de Groot et al.   CIRCULATION

Neuraxial Modulation for Refractory Ventricular Arrhythmias

(2010) Tara Bourke et al.   CIRCULATION

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(2010) Luigi Di Biase et al.   CIRCULATION

Fibrillatory Conduction in the Atrial Free Walls of Goats in Persistent and Permanent Atrial Fibrillation

(2010) Sander Verheule et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Electropathological Substrate of Long-Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Structural Heart Disease

(2010) Maurits A. Allessie et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Association of Chronic Kidney Disease With Atrial Fibrillation Among Adults in the United States

(2010) Usman Baber et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Renal Sympathetic Nerve Ablation: The New Frontier in the Treatment of Hypertension

(2010) Markus P. Schlaich et al.   CURRENT HYPERTENSION REPORTS

Outcome of anatomic ganglionated plexi ablation to treat paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: a 3-year follow-up study

(2010) E. Mikhaylov et al.   EUROPACE

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(2010) Dennis H. Lau et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Sympathetic Nervous System Activity Is Associated With Obesity-Induced Subclinical Organ Damage in Young Adults

(2010) Elisabeth Lambert et al.   HYPERTENSION

Pericardial Fat Is Independently Associated With Human Atrial Fibrillation

(2010) M. Obadah Al Chekakie et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

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(2010)   LANCET

Relation of Vigorous Exercise to Risk of Atrial Fibrillation

(2009) Anthony Aizer et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Autonomic mechanism for initiation of rapid firing from atria and pulmonary veins: evidence by ablation of ganglionated plexi

(2009) Z. Lu et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

Influence of Autonomic Stimulation on the Genesis of Atrial Fibrillation in Remodeled Canine Atria not the Same as in Normal Atria

(2009) Toshiyuki Furukawa et al.   CIRCULATION JOURNAL

Chemoreceptor Hypersensitivity, Sympathetic Excitation, and Overexpression of ASIC and TASK Channels Before the Onset of Hypertension in SHR

(2009) Zhi-Yong Tan et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Association of pericardial fat, intrathoracic fat, and visceral abdominal fat with cardiovascular disease burden: the Framingham Heart Study

(2009) A. A. Mahabadi et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Selective ganglionated plexi ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

(2009) Evgeny Pokushalov et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Left cardiac sympathetic denervation for the treatment of long QT syndrome and catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia using video-assisted thoracic surgery

(2009) Christopher A. Collura et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Histopathological substrate for chronic atrial fibrillation in humans

(2009) Bich Lien Nguyen et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Cryoablation of stellate ganglia and atrial arrhythmia in ambulatory dogs with pacing-induced heart failure

(2009) Masahiro Ogawa et al.   HEART RHYTHM

A Comparison of Atrial Arrhythmias After Heart or Double-Lung Transplantation at a Single Center

(2009) José Dizon et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

The Role of Ganglionated Plexi in Apnea-Related Atrial Fibrillation

(2009) Muhammad Ghias et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation for resistant hypertension: a multicentre safety and proof-of-principle cohort study

(2009) Henry Krum et al.   LANCET

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(2008) Sanjay Sarin et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

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(2008) Alex Y. Tan et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Neural Mechanisms of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation and Paroxysmal Atrial Tachycardia in Ambulatory Canines

(2008) Alex Y. Tan et al.   CIRCULATION

Altered Sympathetic Nervous Reactivity and Norepinephrine Transporter Expression in Patients With Postural Tachycardia Syndrome

(2008) Elisabeth Lambert et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

New risk factors for atrial fibrillation: causes of 'not-so-lone atrial fibrillation'

(2008) B. A. Schoonderwoerd et al.   EUROPACE

Predictive factors of sustained sinus rhythm and recurrent atrial fibrillation after a radiofrequency modified Maze procedure

(2008) Willem P. Beukema et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY

Rotor meandering contributes to irregularity in electrograms during atrial fibrillation

(2008) Sharon Zlochiver et al.   HEART RHYTHM

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(2008) Miguel Vaquero et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Autonomic Mechanism for Complex Fractionated Atrial Electrograms: Evidence by Fast Fourier Transform Analysis

(2008) ZHIBING LU et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY