European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on March 17, 2009
European Heart Journal 2009 30(8):1012; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp068
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Central and peripheral vagal nerve involvement in atrial fibrillation
2nd Medical Department
Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung
Vienna
Austria
2nd Medical Department
Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung
Vienna
Austria
Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung
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Austria
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With interest we read the article by de Vos et al.1 about the characteristics, demographics, treatment, and outcome of patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF), classified as vagal, adrenergic, or mixed. The study raises the following concerns.
If pathology of the vagal nerve is suspected to be