Ventricular Performance and Quality of Life in Patients Who Underwent Radiofrequency AV Junction Ablation and Permanent Pacemaker Implantation Due to Medically Refractory Atrial Tachyarrhythmias

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-76

  Manolis, Athanasios G ^a,b   Katsivas, Apostolos G ^a   Lazaris, Eustathios E ^a   Vassilopoulos, Charis V ^a   Louvros, Nikolaos E ^a  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

AV junction ablation; Cardiac pacing; Refractory atrial tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342595300     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009721008761     Document Type: Article

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