Decremental conduction properties in overt and concealed atrioventricular accessory pathways

Europace

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 42-53

  Hluchy, J ^a   Schickel, S ^a   Schlegelmilch, P ^a   Jorger U ^a   Bragelmann F ^a   Sabin, G V ^a  

^a ELISABETH KRANKENHAUS ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular accessory pathway; Circus movement tachycardia; Decremental conduction; Latent conduction; Longitudinal dissociation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADENOSINE; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIA; BUNDLE OF HIS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033754680     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eupc.1999.0069     Document Type: Article

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