Fast pathway ablation in a patient with iterative atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia and prolonged PR interval

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 263-267

  Varotto, Leonardo ^b   Storti, Cesare ^a   Salerno Uriarte, Jorge A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

atrioventricular nodel reentrant tachycardia; fast pathway catheter ablation; prolonged PR interval

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0030601745     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-5273(96)02749-0     Document Type: Article

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