Atrial tachycardia arising adjacent to noncoronary aortic sinus: Distinctive atrial activation patterns and anatomic insights

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 796-804

  Liu, Xingpeng ^a,b   Dong, Jianzeng ^a   Ho, Siew Yen ^c   Shah, Ashok ^b   Long, Deyong ^a   Yu, Ronghui ^a   Tang, Ribo ^a   Hocini, Meleze ^b   Haissaguerre, Michel ^b   Ma, Changsheng ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 dimensional mapping; activation pattern; anatomy; atrial tachycardia; noncoronary aortic sinus

Indexed keywords

AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; MALE; NONCORONARY AORTIC SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; BUNDLE OF HIS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; SINUS OF VALSALVA; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL;

EID: 77956146903     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.03.069     Document Type: Article

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