Quantitative effects of functional bundle branch block in patients with atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 826-831

  Yang, Yanfei ^a   Cheng, Jie ^b   Glatter, Kathy ^a   Dorostkar, Parvin ^a   Modin, Gunnard W ^a   Scheinman, Melvin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ACCESSORY CONDUCTION PATHWAY; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BUNDLE OF HIS; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034176698     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00875-9     Document Type: Article

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