Anesthetizing the Fibrillating Heart

Peter Hanna^{1

2}, Ching Zhu^{1

2}, Pradeep S Rajendran¹, Kalyanam Shivkumar^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ 1 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Cardiac Arrhythmia Center and Neurocardiology Research Program of Excellence David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA Los Angeles CA.
² 2 Molecular Cellular and Integrative Physiology Program David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA Los Angeles CA.
³ 3 Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA Los Angeles CA.

Editorial

Peter Hanna et al. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019.

. 2019 May 21;8(10):e012713.

doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.012713.

Peter Hanna^{1

2}, Ching Zhu^{1

2}, Pradeep S Rajendran¹, Kalyanam Shivkumar^{1

2

3}

¹ 1 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Cardiac Arrhythmia Center and Neurocardiology Research Program of Excellence David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA Los Angeles CA.
² 2 Molecular Cellular and Integrative Physiology Program David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA Los Angeles CA.
³ 3 Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA Los Angeles CA.

Abstract

See Article Lee et al.

Keywords: Editorials; atrial fibrillation; autonomic agents; autonomic nervous system; neurocardiology.

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