Radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia in children aided by the LocaLisa mapping system

Europace

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 209-214

  Kammeraad, Janneke ^a   ten Cate, Floris Udink ^a   Simmers, Tim ^a   Emmel, Mathias ^b   Wittkampf, Fred H M ^a   Sreeram, Narayanswami ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

AVNRT; Electroanatomical mapping; Paediatrics; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 3242661054     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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