Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia ablated from left atrial septum. Clinical and electrophysiological characteristics and long-term follow-up results as compared to conventional right-sided ablation

International Heart Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1023-1031

  Kilic, Ayhan ^a   Amasyali, Basri ^a   Kose, Sedat ^a   Aytemir, Kudret ^b   Celik, Turgay ^a   Kursaklioglu, Hurkan ^a   Iyisoy, Atila ^a   Ozmen, Namik ^a   Yuksel, Cagdas ^a   Lenk, M Koray ^a   Isik, Ersoy ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia; Left atrial septum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SAFETY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT FAILURE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 30444450700     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.46.1023     Document Type: Article

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