Incessant nonreentrant atrioventricular nodal tachycardia due to multiple nodal pathways treated by radiofrequency ablation of the slow pathways

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1636-1642

  Arena, Giuseppe ^a   Bongiorni, Maria Grazia ^a   Soldati, Ezio ^a   Gherarducci, Gherardo ^a   Mariani, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Incessant nonreentrant atrioventricular nodal tachycardia; Multiple atrioventricular nodal pathways; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0033397206     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1999.tb00228.x     Document Type: Article

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