Ventriculoatrial block during atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia utilizing multiple retrograde pathways

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1206-1213

  Ino, Takeshi ^a   Tadera, Takeshi ^a   Miyamoto, Shinjiroh ^a   Tanaka, Kotoko ^a   Ohno, Tadaaki ^a   Nagasawa, Koichi ^a   Hayakawa, Hirokazu ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia; Intermediate pathway; Intranodal reentry; Multiple retrograde pathways; Ventriculoatrial block

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CASE REPORT; DEPOLARIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART CYCLE; HEART STIMULATION; HIS BUNDLE ELECTROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SINUS RHYTHM; ST SEGMENT; WENCKEBACH PERIOD;

EID: 0031769943     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1998.tb00093.x     Document Type: Article

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