Sustained Bundle Branch Reentry in a Patient with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Nondilated Left Ventricle

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-77

  Mittal, Suneet ^a   Coyne, Robert F ^a   Herling, Irving M ^a   Kocovic, Dusan Z ^a   Pavri, Behzad B ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bundle branch reentry; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BUNDLE OF HIS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0031061179     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009774903921     Document Type: Article

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