Focal atrial tachycardia

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 181-185

  Rosso, Raphael ^a   Kistler, Peter M ^b,c,d  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; FLECAINIDE; SOTALOL;

AGING; ANISOTROPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOCAL ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 76149122874     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2008.143552     Document Type: Review

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