| Literature DB >> 19465367 |
Michalis Efremidis1, Konstantinos P Letsas, Lukas Pappas, Gerasimos Filippatos, Antonis Sideris, Fotios Kardaras.
Abstract
Vagal reflexes can be induced by stimulation of select epicardial and endocardial areas of the left atrium. The present report describes the case of a 54-year-old woman with a history of recurrent symptomatic episodes of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. During radiofrequency application around the left superior pulmonary vein, the patient exhibited an excessive vagal response with a sinus pause of 17 s.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID： 19465367
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Hellenic J Cardiol ISSN： 1109-9666