Electrophysiological features of orthodromic atrioventricular reentry tachycardia in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 7 I, 2003, Pages 1479-1488

  Kalarus, Zbigniew ^a,b   Kowalski, Oskar ^a   Lenarczyk, Radosław ^a   Prokopczuk, Janusz ^a   Pasyk, Stanisław ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b Transplantol Slaskiej Akademii Med   (Poland)

Author keywords

Accessory pathway; Atrial fibrillation; Atrioventricular reentry tachycardia; WPW syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART PREEXCITATION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETER; PATIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA; TIME; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 0038270018     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.t01-1-00214.x     Document Type: Article

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