Techniques to avoid atrioventricular block during radiofrequency catheter ablation of septal tachycardia substrates in young patients

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 83-88

  Pecht, Benjamin ^a   Maginot, Kathleen R ^a   Boramanand, Nicole K ^a   Perry, James C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrioventricular block; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY SINUS; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; INTUBATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; TACHYCARDIA; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TITRIMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036704315     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020828401929     Document Type: Article

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