Preserved autonomic modulation of the sinus and atrioventricular nodes following posteroseptal ablation for treatment of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 567-573

  Kowallik, Peter ^a   Escher, Silke ^a   Peters, Werner ^a   Braun, Christian ^a   Meesmann, Malte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular nodal conduction; Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia; Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate variability; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; POWER SPECTRUM; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SINUS NODE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0031814733     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1998.tb00936.x     Document Type: Article

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