Focal source of atrial fibrillation arising from the ostium of the inferior vena cava

Circulation Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 756-759

  Yamane, Teiichi ^a   Miyazaki, Hidekazu ^a   Inada, Keiichi ^a   Matsuo, Seiichiro ^a   Miyanaga, Satoru ^a   Date, Taro ^a   Abe, Kunihiko ^a   Sugimoto, Ken Ichi ^a   Mochizuki, Seibu ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Inferior vena cava

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CONDUCTION; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 20444412743     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.69.756     Document Type: Article

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