Incisional atrial reentrant tachycardia: Experimental study on the conduction property through the isthmus

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 254-262

  Ishii, Yosuke ^a,b   Nitta, Takashi ^a   Sakamoto, Shun ichiro ^a   Tanaka, Shigeo ^a   Asano, Goro ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DOG; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; INCISIONAL ATRIAL REENTRANT TACHYCARDIA; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0041341973     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(02)73603-9     Document Type: Article

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