Noninvasive diagnosis of dual AV node physiology in patients with AV nodal reentrant tachycardia by administration of adenosine-5'-triphosphate during sinus rhythm

Circulation

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-53

  Belhassen, Bernard ^a,b   Fish, Roman ^a   Glikson, Michael ^a   Glick, Aharon ^a   Eldar, Michael ^a   Laniado, Shlomo ^a   Viskin, Sami ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Electrophysiology; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SCREENING TEST; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 0032493427     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.98.1.47     Document Type: Article

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