Anatomy of atrioventricular nodal reentry investigated by intracardiac echocardiography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 231-234

  DeLurgio, David B ^a,b   Frohwein, Stephen C ^a   Walter, Paul F ^a   Langberg, Jonathan J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART CONDUCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0030763158     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00331-7     Document Type: Article

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