Reentrant atrial tachycardia originating from the superior vena cava

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 203-208

  Okamoto, Kazuhiko ^a   Ito, Hiroyuki ^a   Kuma, Fumiaki ^a   Koike, Akihiro ^a   Shimoike, Eimei ^a   Ueda, Norihiro ^a   Maruyama, Toru ^a   Kaji, Yoshikazu ^a   Fujino, Takehiko ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Multielectrode basket catheter; Pericardiotomy; Radiofrequency catheter ablation; Reentrant atrial tachycardia; Superior vena cava

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRODE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 0038726156     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023969205833     Document Type: Article

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