Tale of two tails: The tip of the atrial appendages is an unusual site for focal atrial tachycardia

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 467-469

  Hillock, Richard J ^a   Singarayar, Suresh ^a   Kalman, Jonathan M ^a,b   Sparks, Paul B ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ablation; Ectopic atrial tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33645890857     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2005.12.013     Document Type: Article

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