Atrial unipolar potential in radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial tachycardia

International Heart Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 313-322

  Soejima, Yohkoh ^a   Iesaka, Yoshito ^a   Aonuma, Kazutaka ^c   Isobe, Mitsuaki ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenosine sensitive atrial reentrant tachycardia; Atrial unipolar potential; Ectopic non reentrant atrial tachycardia; Radiofrequency catheter ablation; Sino artial reentrant tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADENOSINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547530851     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.48.313     Document Type: Article

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