Transcatheter modification of the atrioventricular node in dogs, using radiofrequency energy

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 229-235

  Wright, Kathy N ^a,c   Bright, Janice M ^a   Cox Jr , James W ^b   McCracken, Malcolm D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART BLOCK; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TACHYCARDIA;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CATHETER ABLATION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART BLOCK; MALE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0030076348     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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