Focal atrial tachycardia originating from inside the inferior vena cava late after surgical repair of congenital heart defects

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 846-848

  Kato, Yoshiaki ^a   Horigome, Hitoshi ^a   Takahashi Igari, Miho ^a   Aonuma, Kazutaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial tachycardia; Congenital heart defect; Inferior vena cava; Myocardial extension

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PROPRANOLOL; VERAPAMIL;

AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TIME FACTORS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 80051469657     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: 14321971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-011-9978-8     Document Type: Article

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