Atrioventricular node reentry with 'smooth' AV node function curves: A different arrhythmia substrate?

Circulation

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 969-972

  Sheahan, Richard G ^a   Klein, George J ^a,b   Yee, Raymond ^a   Le Feuvre, Catherine A ^a   Krahn, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; atrioventricular node; catheter ablation; electrophysiology; reentry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REFRACTORY PERIOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029916739     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.93.5.969     Document Type: Article

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