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Idiopathic isolated fibrotic atrial cardiomyopathy underlies unexplained scar-related atrial tachycardia in younger patients
Author(s) -
Weizhu Ju,
Mingfang Li,
Dao Wu Wang,
Bing Yang,
Yongfeng Shao,
Jiaxian Wang,
Lijun Tang,
Buqing Ni,
Hongwu Chen,
Fengxiang Zhang,
Kai Gu,
Gang Yang,
Chang Cui,
Rundi Qi,
Fangyi Xiao,
Qinhe Fan,
Jie Wang,
Shijiang Zhang,
Kejiang Cao,
Xiangqing Kong,
DaLi Feng,
Minglong Chen
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
ep europace
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1532-2092
pISSN - 1099-5129
DOI - 10.1093/europace/eux340
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , atrial tachycardia , cardiomyopathy , tachycardia , atrial fibrillation , catheter ablation , heart failure
Unexplained scar-related atrial tachycardia (AT) has been frequently encountered in clinical practice. We hypothesized that idiopathic, isolated fibrotic atrial cardiomyopathy (ACM) underlies this rhythm disorder. This study was aimed to characterize the underlying substrate and to explore the aetiology of this unexplained scar-related AT.

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