Left posteroseptal mahaim fiber associated with marked longitudinal dissociation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1696-1699

  Tada, Hiroshi ^a   Nogami, Akihiko ^a,b   Naito, Shigeto ^a   Oshima, Shigeru ^a   Taniguchi, Koichi ^a   Kutsumi, Yasunori ^a  

^a Gunma Pref Cardiovascular Center   (Japan)

^b GUNMA PREFECTURAL CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Longitudinal dissociation; Mahaim fiber

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WENCKEBACH PERIOD;

EID: 0032758379     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00393.x     Document Type: Article

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