Pathological findings following slow pathway ablation for AV nodal reentrant tachycardia

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 625-631

  Olgin, Jeffrey E ^a,c   Ursell, Philip ^b   Kao, Ann K ^a   Lesh, Michael D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia; radiofrequency ablation; sapraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0029944212     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1996.tb00570.x     Document Type: Article

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