Persistent Tachycardia Originating from the Superior Vena Cava as a Driver for Atrial Fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 252-255

  Tada, Hiroshi ^a,c   Naito, Shigeto ^a   Meguro, Kentaro ^a   Nogami, Akihiko ^b   Taniguchi, Koichi ^a  

^a Gunma Pref Cardiovascular Center   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c GUNMA PREFECTURAL CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Superior vena cava

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SINUS NODE; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SINOATRIAL NODE; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 1342343898     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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