Prevalence and significance of exit block during arrhythmias arising in pulmonary veins

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 379-386

  Tse, Hung Fat ^a   Lau, Chu Pak ^a   Kou, William ^b   Pelosi, Frank ^b   Oral, Hakan ^b   Kim, Michael ^b   Michaud, Gregory F ^b   Knight, Bradley P ^b   Moscucci, Mauro ^b   Strickberger, S Adam ^b   Morady, Fred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Exit block; Pulmonary vein; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL PREMATURE COMPLEXES; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 0012835164     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2000.tb00332.x     Document Type: Article

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