Electrophysiologic and electrocardiographic characteristics and radiofrequency catheter ablation of focal atrial tachycardia originating from the left atrial appendage

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1284-1291

  Yamada, Takumi ^a   Murakami, Yoshimasa ^b   Yoshida, Yukihiko ^c   Okada, Taro ^b   Yoshida, Naoki ^b   Toyama, Junji ^b   Tsuboi, Naoya ^c   Inden, Yasuya ^d   Hirai, Makoto ^d   Murohara, Toyoaki ^d   McElderry, Hugh T ^a   Epstein, Andrew E ^a   Plumb, Vance J ^a   Kay, G Neal ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b Aichi Prefectural Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial tachycardia; Automaticity; Left atrial appendage; Radiofrequency catheter ablation; Triggered activity

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DIPYRIDAMOLE; EDROPHONIUM; HEPARIN; ISOPRENALINE; PROPRANOLOL; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART AUTOMATICITY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART STIMULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; P WAVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 34648827379     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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