Multiple arrhythmogenic foci associated with the development of perpetuation of atrial fibrillation

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-45

  Kurotobi, Toshiya ^a   Iwakura, Katsuomi ^a   Inoue, Koichi ^a   Kimura, Ryusuke ^a   Okamura, Atsunori ^a   Koyama, Yasushi ^a   Tosyoshima, Yuko ^a   Ito, Norihisa ^a   Fujii, Kenshi ^a  

^a Sakurabashi Watanabe Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ablation; Arrhythmia; Cardioversion; Catheter ablation; Nervous system; Sympathetic

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ISOPRENALINE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ARRHYTHMOGENIC FOCI; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PAROXYSMAL TACHYCARDIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL;

EID: 77649307375     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.109.885095     Document Type: Article

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