Pace mapping of Koch's triangle reduces risk of atrioventricular block during ablation of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-35

  Delise, Pietro ^a,c   Sitta, Nadir ^a   Bonso, Aldo ^a   Coro, Leonardo ^a   Fantinel, Mauro ^a   Mantovan, Roberto ^b   Sciarra, Luigi ^a   Zoppo, Franco ^a   Verlato, Roberto ^a   Marras, Elena ^a   D'Este, Daniele ^a,b  

^a Operative Unit of Cardiology   (Italy)

^b Hospitals of Conegliano   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrionventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia; Atrioventricular block in radiofrequency; Pace mapping of Koch's triangle; Radiofrequency ablation; Slow pathway ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTEROGRADE CONDUCTING FAST PATHWAY; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART PACING; HUMAN; KOCH TRIANGLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 19944432401     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2005.04054.x     Document Type: Article

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