Incessant drug-refractory tachycardia over several years in a 40-year-old woman;MEHRJAHRIGE THERAPIEREFRAKTARE DAUERTACHYKARDIE BEI EINER 40 JAHRE ALTEN FRAU

Internist

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 392-397

  Trappe, H J ^a   Paul, T ^a   Pfitzner, P ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

accessory pathway; permanent junctional reentry tachycardia; radiofrequency catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TACHYCARDIA; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC JUNCTIONAL;

EID: 0029871368     PISSN: 00209554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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