The incidence and characteristics of supraventricular tachycardia in left atrial isomerism: A high incidence of atrial fibrillation in young patients

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 375-380

  Miyazaki, Aya ^a   Sakaguchi, Heima ^a   Ohuchi, Hideo ^a   Yamamoto, Tetsuya ^a   Igarashi, Takehiro ^a   Negishi, Jun ^a   Toyota, Naoki ^a   Kagisaki, Koji ^a   Yagihara, Toshikatsu ^a   Yamada, Osamu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Left atrial isomerism; Supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SOTALOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM ISOMERISM; HEART PACING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; IMPLANTED HEART PACEMAKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUS NODE DISEASE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HETEROTAXY SYNDROME; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878014673     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.10.118     Document Type: Article

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