Nonuniform anisotropy is responsible for age-related slowing of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1145-1153

  Anselme, Frederic ^a,c   Frederiks, Joost ^a   Papageorgiou, Panos ^a   Monahan, Kevin M ^a   Epstein, Laurence M ^a   Spach, Madison S ^b   Josephson, Mark E ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

Author keywords

aging; anisotropy; atrioventricular nodal rentrant tachycardia; catheter mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0030448636     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1996.tb00493.x     Document Type: Article

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