Bigeminal pulmonary vein ectopy suppressed by pulmonary vein isolation

International Heart Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 129-132

  Yamada, Takumi ^a   Murakami, Yoshimasa ^b   Toyama, Junji ^b   Murohara, Toyoaki ^c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b Aichi Prefectual Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bigeminy; Isolation; Premature atrial contraction; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRASYSTOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIAC COMPLEXES, PREMATURE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 43249106536     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.49.129     Document Type: Article

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