Mahaim fiber: An atriofascicular or a long atrioventricular pathway?

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 724-727

  Sternick, Eduardo Back ^a,c   Timmermans, Carl ^b   Rodriguez, Luz Maria ^b   Wellens Hein J J , H J J ^b  

^a BIOCOR INSTITUTO   (Brazil)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Accessory atrioventricular pathway with long conduction time and decremental properties; Atriofascicular pathway; Mahaim fiber; Wolff Parkinson White syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RADIOFREQUENCY; SINUS RHYTHM; TACHYCARDIA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; PRE-EXCITATION, MAHAIM-TYPE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 11144303606     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2004.07.015     Document Type: Article

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