Electrophysiology of "incisional" reentrant atrial tachycardia complicating surgery for congenital heart disease

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 8 II, 1997, Pages 2107-2111

  Lesh, Michael D ^a,b   Kalman, Jonathan M ^a   Saxon, Leslie A ^a   Dorostkar, Parvin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Entrainment; Intraatrial reentry

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030795550     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb03638.x     Document Type: Article

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