Regular Supraventricular Tachycardias Associated With Idiopathic Atrial Fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1242-1244

  Gonzalez Zuelgaray, Jorge ^a   Perez, America ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE AGUDOS DR COSME ARGERICH   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750070329     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.05.059     Document Type: Article

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