Functional bundle branch block as a delayed manifestation of retrograde concealment in the His-Purkinje system

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 248-258

  Gonzalez Zuelgaray, Jorge ^a   Sheikh, Shabbir ^a   Akhtar, Masood ^a   Jazayeri, Mohammad R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b Milwaukee Heart Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

aberrancy; electrophysiologic mechanisms; functional bundle branch block; His Purkinje system; retrograde concealment; supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PACING; HEART STIMULATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0029943748     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1996.tb00522.x     Document Type: Article

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