Mechanistic significance of intermittent pulmonary vein tachycardia in patients with atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 645-650

  Oral, Hakan ^a,b   Özaydin, Mehmet ^a   Tada, Hiroshi ^a   Chugh, Aman ^a   Scharf, Christoph ^a   Hassan, Sohail ^a   Lai, Steve ^a   Greenstein, Radmira ^a   Pelosi Jr , Frank ^c   Knight, Bradley P ^a   Strickberger, S Adam ^a   Morady, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary vein; Radiofrequency catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; TACHYCARDIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VEINS; RECURRENCE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0035996715     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2002.00645.x     Document Type: Article

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