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However, a series of urgent questions about CNA remain unanswered. From December 2020 to March 2022, six patients with symptomatic SND who underwent CNA were summarized in this report. Sequential CNA targeting Ao-SVC GP, PMLGP, RAGP, and LSGP was performed in patients, guided by fractionated intracardiac electrograms and dynamically evaluated by extracardiac vagal stimulation (ECVS). The results showed that Ao-SVC GP ablation led to a significant increase in heart rate (HR) and the elimination of sinus arrest evoked by ECVS, while the vagal responses of atrial ventricular block were eliminated by the ablation of PMLGP and LSGP. Post-procedure HR increased up to 64\u201386% of the maximum HR of an atropine test at baseline. The median HR from Holter monitoring increased from 52.8 \u00b1 2.1 bpm at baseline to 73.0 \u00b1 10.4 bpm after the procedure (p = 0.012) and to 71.3 \u00b1 10.1 bpm at the six-month follow-up (p = 0.011). Bradycardia-related symptoms disappeared in all patients at the six-month follow-up. 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