13th International Congress
THE "NEW FRONTIERS"
OF ARRHYTHMIAS 1998

January 24-31, 1998
Marilleva, Trento, Italy

RT-158

Inappropriate sinus tachycardia: mechanism and therapy

Carlo Pappone, Giuseppe Oreto*, Adriano Salvati, Francesco Lullo, Filippo Gullotta, Stefano Bianchi, Patrizio Mazzone, Maria Luisa Loricchio, Francesco Furlanello, Sergio Chierchia.
Cardiology Department, S. Raffaele Hospital, Milan,
*Department of Medicine and Cardiology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

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