Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation originating from superior vena cava

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 415-418

  Li, Jingtian ^a   Wang, Lexin ^a,b  

^a WEIFANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial tachycardia; Cardiac electrophysiology; Catheter ablation; ECG; Superior vena cava

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; ISOPROTERENOL; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 33644513982     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2005.05.019     Document Type: Article

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