Radiofrequency catheter ablation of concealed atrioventricular accessory pathways using a 'simultaneous pacing method'

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1693-1699

  Suyama, Kazuhiro ^a   Kurita, Takashi ^a   Shimizu, Wataru ^a   Matsuo, Kiyotaka ^a   Taguchi, Atsushi ^a   Aihara, Naohiko ^a   Kamakura, Shiro ^a   Shimomura, Katsuro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Concealed atrioventricular accessory pathway; Radiofrequency catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART INNERVATION; HEART PACING; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; MALE; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 0031716485     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00266.x     Document Type: Article

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