Mechanism of ventricular rate control after radiofrequency modification of atrioventricular conduction in patients with atrial fibrillation

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2856-2864

  Markowitz, Steven M ^a   Stein, Kenneth M ^a   Lerman, Bruce B ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

atrioventricular node; catheter ablation; fibrillation; tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; BETA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SINUS NODE CONDUCTION VELOCITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 0029823127     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.11.2856     Document Type: Article

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