Catheter ablation of accessory pathways and atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia;Katheterablation bei akzessorischen leitungsbahnen und AV-knoten- reentrytachykardie

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 89, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2000, Pages

  Stellbrink, C ^a   Zarse, M ^a   Diem, B ^a   Hanrath, P ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accessory pathway; Radiofrequency ablation; Supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2942571252     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003920070090     Document Type: Article

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