Prediction of atrioventricular block during radiofrequency ablation of the slow pathway of the atrioventricular node

Circulation

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 3490-3496

  Hintringer, Florian ^a,c   Hartikainen, Juha ^a   Davies, D Wyn ^b   Heald, Spencer C ^a   Gill, Jaswinder S ^a   Ward, David E ^a   Rowland, Edward ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ELISABETHINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

atrioventricular node; catheter ablation; electrophysiology; tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE MARKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THERMAL INJURY;

EID: 0028840597     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.92.12.3490     Document Type: Article

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