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Atrial Flutter Intra-Atrial Reentrant Tachycardia

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Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology in the Young

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Atrial flutter and intra-atrial reentrant tachycardia (IART) are forms of reentrant supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) in which the reentry circuit is contained exclusively within the atria. This reentrant circuit relies upon anatomical or functional barriers within the atria which are often exposed and amplified by diseased atrial myocardium.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 1675 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53792, USA

    Nicholas Von Bergen M.D.

  2. Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Children’s Hospital, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Ian H. Law B.S.E., M.D.

  3. PPediatric Cardiology, The University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Macdonald Dick II M.D.

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Von Bergen, N., Law, I.H., Dick, M. (2015). Atrial Flutter Intra-Atrial Reentrant Tachycardia. In: Dick, II, M. (eds) Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology in the Young. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2739-5_8

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