Paraseptal accessory connections in the proximity of the atrioventricular node and the His bundle. Additional observations in relation to the ablation technique in a high risk area

Europace

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-9

  Gatzoulis, Konstantinos ^a,b   Apostolopoulos, Theodoros ^a   Costeas, Xenofon ^a   Sotiropoulos, Hlias ^a   Papafanis, Fanis ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a   Toutouzas, Pavlos ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Paraseptal pathways; Transcatheter radiofrequency ablation; Ventricular preexcitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART PREEXCITATION; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HIS BUNDLE; HIS BUNDLE ELECTROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TACHYCARDIA; ADOLESCENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART BLOCK; HEART FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BUNDLE OF HIS; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042780592     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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