Effects of a Blocked Atrial Beat on the Atrioventricular Nodal Recovery Property in Patients with Dual Nodal Pathways

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2091-2095

  Lee, Pi Chang ^a   Wu, Jing Ming ^b   Wolff, Grace S ^c   Young, Ming Lon ^c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular node; Electrophysiological study; Heart block

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HUMAN; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ATRIAL PREMATURE COMPLEXES; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CHILD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0242636816     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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