Ventriculatrial block during atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia suggesting existence of an upper common pathway

International Heart Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 333-338

  Kose, Sedat ^a   Amasyali, Basri ^a   Aytemir, Kudret ^a   Kilic, Ayhan ^a   Iyisoy, Atila ^a   Celik, Turgay ^a   Kursaklioglu, Hurkan ^a   Isik, Ersoy ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia; Upper common pathway; Ventriculoatrial block

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; METOPROLOL; PROPAFENONE; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CASE REPORT; CORONARY SINUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART CATHETER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 23044441500     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.46.333     Document Type: Article

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