WITHIN the past two years 2 patients who presented problems in the prevention of attacks of paroxysmal atrial tachycardia have been seen. In 1 of these, guanethidine and right-sided dorsal ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I was diagnosed with paroxysmal atrial tachycardia when I was 5 years old. I had an ablation to treat it when I was 48, which was successful. I have always had and continue to have ...

Key points A 68-year-old woman from rural Ontario arrived at her local emergency department with worsening palpitations. Her medical history included breast cancer treated with surgical resection and ...

MANY common arrhythmias observed in both atria and ventricles are similar although the atrial types have a few important distinguishing features. Thus, so far as therapy is concerned, the atrial ...

PFA was noninferior to cryoablation for first recurrence of atrial tachyarrhythmia in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Tissue-selective energy delivery and short application times offer ...

The retrospective study population included 61 patients (29 men) with a mean age of 42 ± 5 years. Echocardiography showed normal LA (33.4 ± 1.5 mm) and normal ejection fraction (63.1 ± 2.3%). Two ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was diagnosed with paroxysmal atrial tachycardia when I was 5 years old. I had an ablation to treat it when I was 48, which was successful. I have always had and continue to have ...

DEAR DR. GOTT: I'm a woman, age 30, in good health, a non-smoker and an avid athlete. I was recently diagnosed with paroxysmal atrial tachycardia. This terrifies me, but my doctor assures me it is ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) affects 3% of the population in the USA 1 and is, therefore, one of the most-prevalent sustained cardiac arrhythmias. The symptoms caused by AF impair quality of life, and AF ...

The study was approved by the local research ethics committee. All patients provided written consent prior to electrophysiological study and ablation. Between January 2002 and May 2007, 94 patients ...