Retrograde multiple and multifiber accessory pathway conduction in the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome: Potential precipitating factor of atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-151

  Iesaka, Yoshito ^a,c   Yamane, Teiichi ^a   Takahashi, Atsushi ^a   Goya, Masahiko ^a   Kojima, Shigeyuki ^a   Soejima, Yohkoh ^a   Okamoto, Yoshihiro ^a   Fujiwara, Hideomi ^a   Aonuma, Kazutaka ^b   Nogami, Akihiko ^b   Hiroe, Michiaki ^b   Marumo, Fumiaki ^b   Hiraoka, Masayasu ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TSUCHIURA KYODO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia; Retrograde multiple or multifiber accessory pathway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ACCESSORY CONDUCTION PATHWAY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 15144355904     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1998.tb00895.x     Document Type: Article

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