Optimal target site for slow av nodal pathway ablation: Possibility of predetermined focal mapping approach using anatomic reference in the Koch's triangle

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 529-537

  Yamane, Teiichi ^a   Iesaka, Yoshito ^a,c   Goya, Masahiko ^a   Takahashi, Atsushi ^a   Fujiwara, Hideomi ^a   Hiraoka, Masayasu ^b  

^a Tsuchiura Kyodo Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TSUCHIURA KYODO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia; Radiofrequency catheter ablation; Slow pathway ablation; Upper margin of coronary sinus ostium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032954183     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1999.tb00709.x     Document Type: Article

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