Heart Rhythm
Volume 3, Issue 10 , Pages 1150-1155 , October 2006

Radiofrequency catheter ablation and nerve growth factor concentration in humans

  • Simon Kangavari, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
    • The first two authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Yong-Seog Oh, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, St. Mary Hospital and Catholic University, Seoul, Korea.
    • The first two authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Shengmei Zhou, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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  • Ho-Joong Youn, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, St. Mary Hospital and Catholic University, Seoul, Korea.
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  • Man-Young Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, St. Mary Hospital and Catholic University, Seoul, Korea.
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  • Wook-Sung Jung, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, St. Mary Hospital and Catholic University, Seoul, Korea.
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  • Tae-ho Rho, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, St. Mary Hospital and Catholic University, Seoul, Korea.
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  • Soon-Jo Hong, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, St. Mary Hospital and Catholic University, Seoul, Korea.
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  • Saibal Kar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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  • Walter F. Kerwin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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  • Charles D. Swerdlow, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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  • Eli S. Gang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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  • Donna M. Gallik, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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  • Jeffrey S. Goodman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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  • Yii-Der Ida Chen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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  • Peng-Sheng Chen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Peng-Sheng Chen, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Room 5537, Los Angeles, California 90048.

Received 9 April 2006 ,Accepted 27 June 2006.

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 This study was supported by National Institutes of Health Grants HL66389, HL78932, P50-HL52319, and HL71140; a Wasserman Foundation Endowment; and a Pauline and Harold Price Endowment.

PII: S1547-5271(06)01729-2

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.06.033

Heart Rhythm
Volume 3, Issue 10 , Pages 1150-1155 , October 2006

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