Persistent Tachycardia with a 2:1 Exit Block within an Isolated Pulmonary Vein

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-77

  Tada, Hiroshi ^a   Naito, Shigeto ^a   Asakawa, Tetsuya ^b   Taniguchi, Koichi ^a  

^a GUNMA PREFECTURAL CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b Yamanashi Kosei Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Exit block; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY SINUS; DEVICE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BLOCK; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; TACHYCARDIA;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 1542320160     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JICE.0000011488.02388.55     Document Type: Article

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