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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 281: H1490-H1497, 2001;
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Vol. 281, Issue 4, H1490-H1497, October 2001

Selective AV nodal vagal stimulation improves hemodynamics during acute atrial fibrillation in dogs

Don W. Wallick, Youhua Zhang, Tomotsugu Tabata, Shaowei Zhuang, Kent A. Mowrey, Junko Watanabe, Neil L. Greenberg, Richard A. Grimm, and Todor N. Mazgalev

Department of Cardiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195

Although the atrioventricular node (AVN) plays a vital role in blocking many of the atrial impulses from reaching the ventricles during atrial fibrillation (AF), a rapid irregular ventricular rate nevertheless persists. The goals of the present study were to explore the feasibility of novel epicardial selective vagal nerve stimulation for slowing of the ventricular rate during AF and to characterize the hemodynamic benefits in vivo. Electrophysiological-echocardiographic experiments were performed on 11 anesthetized open-chest dogs. Hemodynamic measurements were performed during three distinct periods: 1) sinus rate, 2) AF, and 3) AF with vagal nerve stimulation. AF was associated with significant deterioration of all measured parameters (P < 0.025). The vagal nerve stimulation produced slowing of the ventricular rate, significant reversal of the pressure and contractile indexes (P < 0.025), and a sharp reduction in one-half of the abortive ventricular contractions. The present study provides comprehensive evidence that slowing of the ventricular rate during AF by selective ganglionic stimulation of the vagal nerves that innervate the AVN successfully improved the hemodynamic responses.

ventricular rate; epicardial fat pads; localized nerve stimulation


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