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Eight patients (four women; median age 63 yr, range 53\u201368 yr) with chronic atrial fibrillation (AF) and third-degree atrioventricular block treated by permanent pacemaker were studied. ECG was recorded during baseline rest, during 0.125-Hz frequency controlled respiration, and finally during controlled respiration after full vagal blockade. We calculated fibrillatory frequency using frequency analysis of the fibrillatory ECG for overlapping 2.5-s segments; spectral analysis of the resulting frequency trend was performed to determine the spectrum of variations of fibrillatory frequency. Normalized spectral power at respiration frequency increased significantly during controlled respiration from 1.4 (0.76\u20132.0) (median and range) at baseline to 2.7 (1.2\u20135.8) ( P = 0.01). After vagal blockade, the power at respiration frequency decreased to 1.2 (0.23\u20132.8) ( P = 0.01). 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