Open AccessSustained atrial tachycardia in adult patients. Electrophysiological characteristics, pharmacological response, possible mechanisms, and effects of radiofrequency ablation.
Author(s) -
S A Chen,
ChernEn Chiang,
Chengwei Yang,
C C Cheng,
Tung-Hsin Wu,
S P Wang,
Benjamin N. Chiang,
M.-S. Chang
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.90.3.1262
Subject(s) - medicine , afterdepolarization , radiofrequency ablation , reentry , ablation , tachycardia , cardiology , electrophysiology , cardiac electrophysiology , atrial tachycardia , electrocardiography , catheter ablation , atrial fibrillation , anesthesia , repolarization
Mechanisms and electropharmacological characteristics in adult patients with atrial tachycardia (AT) are not well described. We proposed that a combination of electropharmacological characteristics, recording of monophasic action potential, and effects of radiofrequency ablation could further determine the mechanisms and achieve a new classification in adults with various types of AT because they were important in regard to the correlation between mechanisms and pathophysiology, clinical syndrome, and responses to specific pharmacological or nonpharmacological therapies.
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