Electrophysiological findings in adolescents with atrial fibrillation who have structurally normal hearts

Circulation

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-123

  Nanthakumar, Kumaraswamy ^b   Lau, Yung R ^b   Plumb, Vance J ^a   Epstein, Andrew E ^a   Kay, G Neal ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM TERMINAL CREST; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC MAPPING; MALE; MAZE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA INDUCED CARDIOMYOPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; TACHYCARDIA, SINUS;

EID: 3142718939     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000134280.40573.D8     Document Type: Article

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