Interruption of the Inferior Extension of the Compact Atrioventricular Node Underlies Successful Radio Frequency Ablation of Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 273-277

  Inoue, Shin ^a   Becker, Anton E ^a   Riccardi, Riccardo ^b   Gaita, Fiorenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Ospedale Civile di Asti   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrioventricular node; Catheter ablation; Electrophysiology; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATALITY; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART RATE; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA;

AGED; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; BUNDLE OF HIS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 0033209594     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009868212415     Document Type: Article

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