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SUBMITTER: Mercader MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5597131 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mercader Marco A MA He Dingchao D Sharma Aditya C AC Marchitto Mark C MC Trachiotis Gregory G Bornzin Gene A GA Jonas Richard R Moak Jeffrey P JP
PloS one 20170913 9
Junctional ectopic tachycardia (JET) and atrial fibrillation (AF) occur in patients recovering from open-heart surgery (OHS). Pharmacologic treatment is used for the control of post-operative atrial arrhythmias (POAA), but is associated with side effects. There is a need for a reversible, modulated solution to rate control. We propose a non-pharmacologic technique that can modulate AV nodal conduction in a selective fashion. Ten mongrel dogs underwent OHS. Stimulation of the anterior right (AR) ...[more]