Catheter ablation for successful management of left posterior fascicular tachycardia: An approach guided by recording of fascicular potentials

Heart

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 384-388

  Katritsis, Demosthenes ^a,b   Heald, Spencer ^a   Ahsan, Arif ^a   Anderson, Mark H ^a   Camm, A John ^a   Ward, David E ^a   Rowland, Edward ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Fascicular potentials; Fascicular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0029969896     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.75.4.384     Document Type: Article

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