An irregular supraventricular tachycardia: What is the mechanism?

Emin Karimli¹, Meryem Kara¹, Ahmet Korkmaz¹, Evrim Simsek^{1

2}, Goksel Cagirci^{1

3}, Bulent Deveci^{1

4}, Ozcan Ozeke¹, Serkan Cay¹, Firat Ozcan¹, Serkan Topaloglu¹, Dursun Aras¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Ankara City Hospital, Health Sciences University, Ankara, Turkey.
² Department of Cardiology, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey.
³ Department of Cardiology, Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Health Sciences University, Antalya, Turkey.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Gulhane Education and Research Hospital, Health Sciences University, Ankara, Turkey.

Case Reports

Emin Karimli et al. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2019 Dec.

. 2019 Dec;42(12):1586-1588.

doi: 10.1111/pace.13822. Epub 2019 Nov 6.

Emin Karimli¹, Meryem Kara¹, Ahmet Korkmaz¹, Evrim Simsek^{1

2}, Goksel Cagirci^{1

3}, Bulent Deveci^{1

4}, Ozcan Ozeke¹, Serkan Cay¹, Firat Ozcan¹, Serkan Topaloglu¹, Dursun Aras¹

¹ Department of Cardiology, Ankara City Hospital, Health Sciences University, Ankara, Turkey.
² Department of Cardiology, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey.
³ Department of Cardiology, Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Health Sciences University, Antalya, Turkey.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Gulhane Education and Research Hospital, Health Sciences University, Ankara, Turkey.

No abstract available

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