Selective radiofrequency ablation of the 'slow' atrioventricular nodal pathway for control of the ventricular response to atrial fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 77, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 1358-1361

  Canby, Robert C ^a,b   Román, Carlos A ^a   Kessler, David J ^a   Horton, Rodney P ^a   Page, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DIGOXIN; ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0030585723     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00206-8     Document Type: Article

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