Catheter ablation of supraventricular tachycardia in the transplanted heart: A case series and literature review

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1878-1886

  Magnano, Anthony R ^a   Garan, Hasan ^a  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac transplantation; Catheter ablation; Supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; PROCAINAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART ACCESSORY CONDUCTION PATHWAY; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RHYTHM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDLINE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

AGED; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

EID: 0141630292     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00284.x     Document Type: Article

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