Radiofrequency catheter ablation of left atrial tachycardia originating within the pulmonary vein in a patient with dextrocardia

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 999-1002

  Hatala, Robert ^a   Weiss, Christian ^a   Koschyk, Dietmar H ^a   Siebels, Jürgen ^a   Cappato, Riccardo ^a   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

catheter ablation; dextrocardia; ectopic atrial tachycardia; pulmonary vein; radiofrequency current

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEXTROCARDIA; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; DEXTROCARDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY VEINS; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL;

EID: 0029884738     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb03400.x     Document Type: Article

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