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ReviewEuropean cardiology2021

Neuromodulatory Approaches for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation.

Moisés Rodríguez-Mañero, Jose Luis Martínez-Sande, Javier García-Seara, Teba González-Ferrero, José Ramón González-Juanatey, Paul Schurmann, Liliana Tavares, Miguel Valderrábano

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Review in European cardiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Epicardial muscle bundles in persistent atrial fibrillation: from overlooked bystanders to arrhythmogenic modulators.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Moisés Rodríguez-MañeroDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña Galicia, Spain.
Jose Luis Martínez-SandeDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña Galicia, Spain.
Javier García-SearaDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña Galicia, Spain.
Teba González-FerreroDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña Galicia, Spain.
José Ramón González-JuanateyDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña Galicia, Spain.
Paul SchurmannMethodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center and Methodist Hospital Research Institute, The Methodist Hospital Houston, TX, US.
Liliana TavaresMethodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center and Methodist Hospital Research Institute, The Methodist Hospital Houston, TX, US.
Miguel ValderrábanoMethodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center and Methodist Hospital Research Institute, The Methodist Hospital Houston, TX, US.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this review, the authors describe evolving alternative strategies for the management of AF, focusing on non-invasive and percutaneous autonomic modulation. This modulation can be achieved - among other approaches - via tragus stimulation, renal denervation, cardiac afferent denervation, alcohol injection in the vein of Marshall, baroreceptor activation therapy and endocardial ganglionated plexi ablation. Although promising, these therapies are currently under investigation but could play a role in the treatment of AF in combination with conventional pulmonary vein isolation in the near future.

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ablationAFneuromodulationvein of Marshall

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PMID35024055
PMCPMC8728882

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