Multiple AV nodal pathways in patients with AV nodal reentrant tachycardia - More common than expected?

Europace

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 375-382

  Heinroth, K M ^b   Kattenbeck, K ^a   Stabenow, I ^b   Trappe, H J ^a   Weismuller P ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

AVNRT; Catheter ablation; Multiple AV nodal pathways

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 0036822066     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eupc.2002.0262     Document Type: Article

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