Percutaneous catheter cryothermal ablation of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia: Efficacy and safety of a new ablation technique

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-43

  Riccardi, Riccardo ^a,b   Gaita, Fiorenzo ^a,b   Caponi, Domenico ^b   Grossi, Stefano ^a   Scaglione, Marco ^b   Caruzzo, Enrico ^a   Di Donna, Paolo ^b   Pistis, Gianfranco ^a   Richiardi, Elena ^a,b   Giustetto, Carla ^a   Bocchiardo, Mario ^b  

^a MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Civic Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrioventricular node; Catheter ablation; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART CATHETER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; MALE; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038287873     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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