Induction of atrioventricular node reentrant tachycardia with adenosine: Differential effect of adenosine on fast and slow atrioventricular node pathways

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1778-1784

  Curtis, Anne B ^a,b   Belardinelli, Luiz ^a   Woodard, David A ^a   Brown, Christopher S ^a   Conti, Jamie B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART INNERVATION; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA;

ADENOSINE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 0031541434     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00386-0     Document Type: Article

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