Radiofrequency ablation of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia: The risk of intraprocedural, late and long-term atrioventricular blok. The Veneto Region multicenter experience

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 715-720

  Delise, Pietro ^e   Sitta, Nadir ^e   Zoppo, Franco ^a   Corò, Leonardo ^e   Verlato, Roberto ^a   Mantovan, Roberto ^b   Sciarra, Luigi ^e   Cannarozzo, Pietro ^e   Fantinel, Mauro ^c   Bonso, Aldo ^d   Bertaglia, Emanuele ^a   D'Este, Daniele ^a  

^a Civic Hospital   (Italy)

^b Regional Hospital   (Italy)

^c S Maria del Prato Civic Hospital   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Umberto I   (Italy)

^e Civic Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrioventricular block; Radiofrequency; Reentry; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RATING SCALE; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 0036957326     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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