Origin of junctional rhythm during radiofrequency ablation of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia in patients without structural heart disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 575-580

  Boyle, Noel G ^a   Anselme, Frédéric ^a   Monahan, Kevin ^a   Papageorgiou, Panos ^a   Zardini, Marco ^a   Zebede, Joseph ^a   Josephson, Mark E ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HIS BUNDLE ELECTROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 0030884880     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00424-4     Document Type: Article

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