Efficacy and safety of radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia in the elderly

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 608-610

  Rostock, Thomas ^a   Risius, Tim ^a   Ventura, Rodolfo ^a   Klemm, Hanno U ^a   Weiss, Christian ^a   Keitel, Anna ^a   Meinertz, Thomas ^a   Willems, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia; Elderly; Slow pathway ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20444435146     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2005.40717.x     Document Type: Article

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