title: Clinical characteristics of rapid atrial fibrillation preceding ventricular tachycardia.
abstract: Spontaneous degeneration of rapid atrial fibrillation (AF) to ventricular fibrillation has been documented in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome. However, the importance of rap
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Konagai
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nitta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Niwa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nogami
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aonuma
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lesaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hiroe
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marumo
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation; D014883:Water-Electrolyte Imbalance / Q000503:physiopathology