Ablation of a single pulmonary vein arrhythmic focus triggering several supraventricular arrhythmias

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 946-950

  Sciarra, Luigi ^a,b   Corò, Leonardo ^a   Bocchino, Manuela ^a   Sitta, Nadir ^a   Marras, Elena ^a   Delise, Pietro ^a  

^a Hospital of Conegliano Veneto   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial tachycardia; Transcatheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PULMONARY VEIN; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PULMONARY VEINS; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

EID: 18344396797     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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