Atrial tachycardia arising from the coronary sinus musculature: Electrophysiological characteristics and long-term outcomes of radiofrequency ablation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1921-1930

  Badhwar, Nitish ^a   Kalman, Jonathan M ^b   Sparks, Paul B ^b   Kistler, Peter M ^b   Attari, Mehran ^c   Berger, Marcie ^c   Lee, Randall J ^a   Sra, Jasbir ^c   Scheinman, Melvin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c AURORA SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ISOPRENALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; TACHYCARDIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27644511760     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.07.042     Document Type: Article

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