Effects of pharmacological autonomic blockade on dual atrioventricular nodal pathways physiology in patients with slow-fast atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1375-1379

  Lin, Li Jen ^a   Lin, Jiunn Lee ^b   Lai, Ling Ping ^b   Chen, Jyh Hong ^a   Tseng, Yung Zu ^b   Lien, Wen Pin ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

A V nodal reentrant tachycardia; Dual A V nodal pathways; Pharmacological autonomic blockade

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; ISOPRENALINE; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HEART INNERVATION; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SINUS NODE CONDUCTION VELOCITY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; ATROPINE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; PROPRANOLOL; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 0031878215     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00207.x     Document Type: Article

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