Clinical, electrophysiological characteristics, and radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial tachycardia near the apex of Koch's triangle

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 367-374

  Lai, Ling Ping ^a   Lin, Jiunn Lee ^a   Chen, Ting Fu ^b   Ko, Wen Chin ^c   Lien, Wen Pin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Taiwan Provincial Taipei Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atrial tachycardia; Catheter ablation; Koch's triangle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HIS BUNDLE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; KOCH TRIANGLE; P WAVE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ADULT; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL;

EID: 0031913937     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00060.x     Document Type: Article

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