Diagnostic approach to narrow complex tachycardia with VA block

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 12 I, 1997, Pages 2984-2988

  Hamdan, Mohamed H ^a   Page, Richard L ^a   Scheinman, Melvin M ^a  

^a VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

AV nodal reentrant tachycardia; Functional tachycardia; Narrow complex tachycardia; Nodofascicular tachycardia; VA block

Indexed keywords

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; PURKINJE FIBER; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; REVIEW;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0031453179     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb05470.x     Document Type: Article

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