Classification and differential diagnosis of atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-36

  Katritsis, Demosthenes G ^a,b   Camm, A John ^c  

^a Athens Euroclinic ^*  (Greece)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular nodal re entrant tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART ACCESSORY CONDUCTION PATHWAY; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; REVIEW; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; CLASSIFICATION; HEART FUNCTION TEST;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 33745280599     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euj010     Document Type: Review

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