Arrhythmia surgery: Then and now

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2 II, 1997, Pages 585-599

  Lowe, James E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; OPEN HEART SURGERY; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REVIEW; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HEART ANEURYSM; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; TACHYCARDIA, SINOATRIAL NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 0031043926     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb06212.x     Document Type: Review

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