Incidence and clinical significance of junctional rhythm remaining after termination of radiofrequency current delivery in patients with atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 865-872

  Kawaguchi, Naomi ^a   Kobayashi, Yoshinori ^a   Miyauchi, Yasushi ^a   Atarashi, Hirotsugu ^a   Takano, Teruo ^a   Hayakawa, Hirokazu ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accelerated junctional rhythm; Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia; Koch's triangle; Radiofrequency catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC JUNCTIONAL;

EID: 0032717679     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.63.865     Document Type: Article

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