Clinical and electrophysiological characteristics in children with atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 6-9

  Lee, P C ^a   Chen, S A ^a,b   Chiang, C E ^a   Tai, C T ^a   Yu, W C ^a   Hwang, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia; Electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; TAIWAN;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TAIWAN;

EID: 0038320974     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-002-0145-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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