Prospective evaluation of the length of the lower common pathway in the differential diagnosis of various forms of AV nodal reentrant tachycardia

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1 II, 1998, Pages 209-216

  Heidbüchel, Hein ^a   Ector, Hugo ^a   Van De Werf, Frans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular node; Conduction; Electrophysiology; Pacing; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART CATHETER; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 0031881564     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb01090.x     Document Type: Review

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