Persistence of single echo beat inducibility after selective ablation of the slow pathway in patients with atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia: Relationship to the functional properties of the atrioventricular node and clinical implications

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 689-696

  Tondo, Claudio ^a,b   Della Bella, Paolo ^a   Carbucicchio, Corrado ^a   Riva, Stefania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia; AV nodal echo beat; radiofrequency catheter ablation; slow pathway; Wenckebach cycle length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HIS BUNDLE ELECTROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; REFRACTORY PERIOD; WENCKEBACH PERIOD;

EID: 0029758345     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1996.tb00576.x     Document Type: Article

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