Role of the Autonomic Nervous System in Atrial Fibrillation
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · University of California, Los Angeles · +2 more institutions
Abstract
Autonomic nervous system activation can induce significant and heterogeneous changes of atrial electrophysiology and induce atrial tachyarrhythmias, including atrial tachycardia and atrial fibrillation (AF). The importance of the autonomic nervous system in atrial arrhythmogenesis is also supported by circadian variation in the incidence of symptomatic AF in humans. Methods that reduce autonomic innervation or outflow have been shown to reduce the incidence of spontaneous or induced atrial arrhythmias, suggesting that neuromodulation may be helpful in controlling AF. In this review, we focus on the relationship between the autonomic nervous system and the pathophysiology of AF and the potential benefit and…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 29.45
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 151
Authors
5- PCPeng‐Sheng ChenCorresponding
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, University of California, Los Angeles, Montreal Heart Institute, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
- LSLan S. Chen
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, University of California, Los Angeles, Montreal Heart Institute, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
- MCMichael C. Fishbein
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, University of California, Los Angeles, Montreal Heart Institute, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
- SLShien‐Fong Lin
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, University of California, Los Angeles, Montreal Heart Institute, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
- SNStanley Nattel
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, University of California, Los Angeles, Montreal Heart Institute, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
Topics & keywords
- Autonomic nervous system
- Medicine
- Neuromodulation
- Atrial fibrillation
- Cardiology
- Neuroscience
- Internal medicine
- Baroreflex
- Good health and well-being