Ventricular fibrillation and sudden death after radiofrequency catheter ablation of the atrioventricular junction

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2 I, 1997, Pages 343-348

  Geelen, Peter ^b   Brugada, Josep ^a   Andries, Erik ^b   Brugada, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

complications; radiofrequency ablation; sudden death; ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SUDDEN DEATH; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

AGED; ATRIAL FLUTTER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CATHETER ABLATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0031037936     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb06179.x     Document Type: Article

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