Spatial and topologic distribution of verapamil-sensitive atrial tachycardia originating from the vicinity of the atrioventricular node

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1511-1521

  Koyama, Junjiroh ^a   Yamabe, Hiroshige ^b   Tanaka, Yasuaki ^b   Morihisa, Kenji ^b   Uemura, Takashi ^b   Kawano, Hiroaki ^b   Ogawa, Hisao ^b   Odagawa, Yukinari ^a   Honda, Toshihiro ^a   Honda, Takashi ^a  

^a SAISEIKAI KUMAMOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial tachycardia; Atrioventricular node; Electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; MALE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 36649008960     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00900.x     Document Type: Article

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