Atrial Tachycardia Originating From the Pulmonary Vein: Clinical, Electrocardiographic, and Differential Electrophysiologic Characteristics;Taquicardia auricular de vena pulmonar: características clínicas, electrocardiográficas y electrofisiológicas diferenciales

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-155

  Bazán, Víctor ^a   Rodríguez Font, Enrique ^b   Viñolas, Xavier ^b   Guerra, José M ^b   Bruguera Cortada, Jordi ^a   Martí Almor, Julio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial tachycardia; Pulmonary vein; Sinus P wave

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PULMONARY VEIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; SINOATRIAL NODE; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL;

EID: 76749161749     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: 15792242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-8932(10)70032-4     Document Type: Article

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