Use of transesophageal atrial pacing for documentation of arrhythmias suspected in infants and children

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-72

  Ko, Jae Kon ^a   Ryu, Su Jeong ^a   Ban, Ji Eun ^a   Kim, Young Huwe ^a   Park, In Sook ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Children; Tachycardia; Transesophageal atrial pacing

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SAFETY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TACHYCARDIA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART PACING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; INFANT; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 1642526485     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: 1348673X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/jhj.45.63     Document Type: Article

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