Assessment of autonomic nervous system modulation after novel catheter ablation techniques for atrial fibrillation using multiple short-term electrocardiogram recordings.
Satoshi YanagisawaYasuya IndenAya FujiiYosuke KamikuboYasunori KanzakiMonami AndoJunya FunabikiYosuke MuraseMasaki TakenakaNoriaki OtakeYoshihiro IkaiYusuke SakamotoRei ShibataToyoaki MuroharaPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2017)
ANS modulation after the three catheter ablation methods was similar and maintained > 1 year after the procedure. Higher parasympathetic nervous function at 1 year after ablation was associated with AF recurrence after the ablation.