Detection of concealed left sided accessory atrioventricular pathway by P wave signal averaged electrocardiogram

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-62

  Yoshida, Teruhisa ^a   Ikeda, Hisao ^a   Hiraki, Tatsuro ^a   Kubara, Ichiro ^a   Ohga, Masanobu ^a   Imaizumi, Tsutomu ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ACCESSORY CONDUCTION PATHWAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; TACHYCARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL;

EID: 0032897469     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00525-7     Document Type: Article

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