A technique for the rapid diagnosis of atrial tachycardia in the electrophysiology laboratory

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 775-781

  Knight, Bradley P ^a,b   Zivin, Adam ^a   Souza, Joseph ^a   Flemming, Matthew ^a   Pelosi, Frank ^a   Goyal, Rajiva ^a   Man, K Ching ^a   Strickberger, S Adam ^a   Morady, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL;

EID: 0033101669     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00614-7     Document Type: Article

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