Disruption of cardiac cholinergic neurons enhances susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmias
oleh: Christiane Jungen, Katharina Scherschel, Christian Eickholt, Pawel Kuklik, Niklas Klatt, Nadja Bork, Tim Salzbrunn, Fares Alken, Stephan Angendohr, Christiane Klene, Janos Mester, Nikolaj Klöcker, Marieke W. Veldkamp, Udo Schumacher, Stephan Willems, Viacheslav O. Nikolaev, Christian Meyer
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2017-01-01 |
Deskripsi
Catheter ablation is a common therapy for atrial fibrillation but disrupts cardiac cholinergic neurons. Here the authors report that cholinergic neurons innervate heart ventricles and show that their ablation leads to increased susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmias in mouse models and in patients.