Facilitation of sustained bundle branch reentry by atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 348-352

  Blanck, Zalmen ^a,b   Jazayeri, Mohammad ^a   Akhtar, Masood ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; bundle branch block; dilated cardiomyopathy; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RADIOFREQUENCY; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0029978404     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1996.tb00536.x     Document Type: Article

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