Clinical usefulness of slow pathway ablation in patients with both paroxysmal atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia and atrial fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1421-1423

  Delise, Pietro ^a   Gianfranchi, Lorella ^a   Paparella, Nelly ^a   Brignole, Michele ^a   Menozzi, Carlo ^a   Themistoclakis, Sakis ^a   Mantovan, Roberto ^a   Bonso, Aldo ^a   Corò, Leonardo ^a   Vaglio, Alessandro ^a   Ragazzo, Monica ^a   Alboni, Paolo ^a   Raviele, Antonio ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

EID: 0030898268     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00157-4     Document Type: Article

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