Role of invasive electrophysiologic testing in the evaluation and management of adult patients with focal junctional tachycardia

Cardiac Electrophysiology Review

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 431-435

  Hamdan, Mohamed H ^a,b   Badhwar, Nitish ^a   Scheinman, Melvin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac electrophysiology; catheter ablation; Complications; Junctional tachycardia; Review; Supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROPAFENONE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR DISSOCIATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE COURSE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART AUTOMATICITY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PACEMAKER; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC JUNCTIONAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036958937     PISSN: 13852264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021144610712     Document Type: Review

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