The electrophysiology of atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia following the Mustard or Senning procedure and its radiofrequency ablation

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 611-616

  Greene, Anne E ^a,c,d   Skinner, Jonathan R ^b   Dubin, Anne M ^a,c   Collins, Kathryn K ^a,c   Van Hare, George F ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Atrial redirection operations; Interventional catheterisation; Transposition

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MUSTARD OPERATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INFANT; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28644452524     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951105001782     Document Type: Article

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