Entrainment mapping for rapid distinction of left and right atrial tachycardias

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 516-523

  Miyazaki, Hidekazu ^a   Stevenson, William G ^a   Stephenson, Kent ^a   Soejima, Kyoko ^b   Epstein, Laurence M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial tachycardia; Macroreentry; Postpacing interval

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VEIN; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FLUTTER; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646001226     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.01.014     Document Type: Article

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