Characterization of focal right atrial appendage tachycardia

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-109

  Freixa, Xavier ^a   Berruezo, Antonio ^a   Mont, Lluís ^a   Magnani, Santiago ^a   Benito, Begoña ^a   Tolosana, Jose María ^a   Perafan, Pablo ^a   Tamborero, David ^a   Brugada, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial tachycardia; Radiofrequency ablation; Right atrial tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; AGED; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; CATHETER ABLATION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 40349084212     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eum264     Document Type: Article

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