The coronary sinus: Passive bystander or source of arrhythmia?

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 113-116

  Katritsis, Demosthenes G ^a  

^a Athens Euroclinic   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Coronary sinus

Indexed keywords

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY SINUS; CORONARY VEIN; EPICARDIUM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; REVIEW;

EID: 2442608337     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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