An increase in sinus rate following radiofrequency energy application in the posteroseptal space

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1 II, 1998, Pages 303-307

  Geller, Christoph ^a   Goette, Andreas ^a   Carlson, Mark D ^b   Esperer, Hans Dieter ^a   Hartung, Wolfgang M ^a   Auricchio, Angelo ^a   Klein, Helmut U ^a  

^a Hospital Magdeburg   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory connections; AV node reentry; Catheter; Supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART ACCESSORY CONDUCTION PATHWAY; HUMAN; MALE; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SEDATION; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADULT; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 0031930684     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb01110.x     Document Type: Article

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