Atrial tachycardia originating from a single site with exit block mimicking atrial fibrillation eliminated with radiofrequency applications

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1100-1108

  Mecca, Andrew L ^a   Guo, Hongsheng ^a   Telfer, Andrew ^a   Olshansky, Brian ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial tachycardia; Exit block; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYNCOPE; VERTIGO;

EID: 0031723673     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1998.tb00887.x     Document Type: Article

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