Atrial tachycardia: Mechanisms, diagnosis, and management

Current Problems in Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 529-573

  Roberts Thomson, Kurt C ^a,b   Kistler, Peter M ^a,c   Kalman, Jonathan M ^b,d  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; ENCAINIDE; FLECAINIDE; PROCAINAMIDE; PROPAFENONE; PROPRANOLOL; QUINIDINE; SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL;

ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRANT TACHYCARDIA; ATRIOVENTRICULAR REENTRANT TACHYCARDIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY SINUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOCAL ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HUMAN; P WAVE; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SINUS NODE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 24944522452     PISSN: 01462806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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