AV nodal re-entry tachycardia in elderly patients: Clinical presentation and results of radiofrequency catheter ablation therapy

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 359-363

  Kalusche, Dietrich ^a   Ott, Peter ^a   Arentz, Thomas ^a   Stockinger, Jochem ^a   Betz, Peter ^a   Roskamm, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER FREIBURG BAD KROZINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

AV nodal re entry tachycardia; Elderly patients; Radiofrequency catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RECURRENCE RISK; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031734267     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-199809060-00007     Document Type: Article

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