Catheter ablation in the year 2000

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-40

  Cappato, Riccardo ^a   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; REVIEW; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0033985388     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-200001000-00005     Document Type: Review

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