V-A block during atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia: Reentry confined to the AV node

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 775-777

  Gonzalez, Mario D ^a   Contreras, Leonardo ^a   Cardona, Francisco ^a   Klugewicz, Christopher ^a   Erga, Knut S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia; Ventriculoatrial block

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART CATHETER; HEART PACING; HEART STIMULATION; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SINUS RHYTHM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 0037356103     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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