Left-septal ablation of the fast pathway in AV nodal reentrant tachycardia refractory to right septal ablation

Europace

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-153

  Kobza, Richard ^a   Hindricks, Gerhard ^a   Tanner, Hildegard ^a   Kottkamp, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia; Fast pathway; Left septal ablation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14844307851     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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