Congenital sick sinus syndrome with atrial inexcitability and coronary sinus flutter

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Varma, Niraj ^a   Helms, Ray ^a   Benson, D Woodrow ^b   Sanagala, Thriveni ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Atrial standstill; Congenital; Coronary sinus; Long QT syndrome; Mapping; Sick sinus syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY SINUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; BRADYCARDIA; COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART SINOATRIAL BLOCK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; BRADYCARDIA; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY SINUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SINOATRIAL BLOCK;

EID: 84555208265     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.964213     Document Type: Article

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