Vagal Neuromodulation for Atrial Arrhythmias

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¹ University of California-Los Angeles Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California; University of California-Los Angeles Neurocardiology Research Center of Excellence, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: kshivkumar@mednet.ucla.edu.
² University of California-Los Angeles Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California; University of California-Los Angeles Neurocardiology Research Center of Excellence, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California.

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Kalyanam Shivkumar et al. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2017 Sep.

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. 2017 Sep;3(9):939-941.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacep.2017.06.018. Epub 2017 Sep 18.

¹ University of California-Los Angeles Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California; University of California-Los Angeles Neurocardiology Research Center of Excellence, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: kshivkumar@mednet.ucla.edu.
² University of California-Los Angeles Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California; University of California-Los Angeles Neurocardiology Research Center of Excellence, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California.

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Keywords: autonomic nervous system; inflammation; neuromodulation; post-operative atrial fibrillation; vagus nerve stimulation.

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