Successful catheter ablation of focal atrial tachycardia from the non-coronary aortic cusp

Europace

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 216-219

  Raatikainen, M J Pekka ^a   Huikuri, Heikki V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aortic cusp; Atrial tachycardia; Catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HIS BUNDLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; P WAVE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34047193035     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eum026     Document Type: Article

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