Predictive value of junctional beats during slow pathway ablation in patients with atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia;Valore predittivo dei battiti giunzionali durante l'ablazione transcatetere mediante radiofrequenza della via lenta del circuito di rientro nodale

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 549-554

  Stabile, Giuseppe ^a,e   De Simone, Antonio ^a   Solimene, Francesco ^b   Turco, Pietro ^c   Rotunno, Raffaele ^d   Di Napoli, Tommaso ^d  

^a Laboratorio di Elettrofisiologia Clinica Mediterranea   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Civile di Polla (SA)

^e Casa di Cura San Michele   (Italy)

Author keywords

Radiofrequency; Reciprocating tachycardia; Transcatheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART STIMULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIOFREQUENCY; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; THERMAL STIMULATION;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 0032923893     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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