Incessant nonreentrant tachycardia due to simultaneous conduction over dual atrioventricular nodal pathways mimicking atrial fibrillation in patients referred for pulmonary vein isolation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 752-755

  Mansour, Moussa ^a   Marrouche, Nassir ^b   Ruskin, Jeremy ^b   Natale, Andrea ^b   Keane, David ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atrioventricular nodal pathway ablation; Nonreentrant tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; NONREENTRANT TACHYCARDIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; TACHYCARDIA; VEIN SURGERY;

EID: 0037824790     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.02527.x     Document Type: Article

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