Adenosine-Insensitive Focal Atrial Tachycardia. Evidence for De Novo Micro-Re-Entry in the Human Atrium

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1324-1333

  Markowitz, Steven M ^a   Nemirovksy, Dmitry ^a   Stein, Kenneth M ^a   Mittal, Suneet ^a   Iwai, Sei ^a   Shah, Bindi K ^a   Dobesh, David P ^a   Lerman, Bruce B ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART AUTOMATICITY; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADENOSINE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL;

EID: 33947492668     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.11.037     Document Type: Article

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