Retrograde migration of the site of functional block: A mechanism underlying resolution of functional retrograde bundle branch block during AV reentrant tachycardia

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 335-340

  Tchou, Patrick J ^a   Trohman, Richard ^a   Kidwell, Gregory ^a   Mehdirad, Ali A ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

antidromic tachycardia; atriofascicular pathway; functional bundle branch block

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HIS BUNDLE ELECTROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RADIOFREQUENCY; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0029912445     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1996.tb00534.x     Document Type: Article

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