Persistent, isolated pulmonary vein re-entry: Inducibility, entrainment, and overdrive termination of a sustained tachycardia within an isolated pulmonary vein

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-264

  Drewitz, Imke ^a   Steven, Daniel ^a   Lutomsky, Boris ^a   Servatius, Helge ^a   Willems, Stephan ^a   Rostock, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia mechanism; Atrial fibrillation; Pulmonary vein isolation; PV tachycardia

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART CYCLE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SEDATION; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44649196574     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun016     Document Type: Article

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