Nature of rapid pulmonary vein tachycardias: Reentry or not reentry?

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 933-934

  Schneider, Michael A E ^a,b  

^a Center of Cardiovascular Medicine   (Germany)

^b Kardiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; ISOPRENALINE;

ANATOMY; ANISOTROPY; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; CATHETER ABLATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DEGENERATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART PACING; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART STIMULATION; HUMAN; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PULMONARY VEIN; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

HUMANS; PULMONARY VEINS; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0141612976     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.03288.x     Document Type: Note

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