Transcatheter cryothermal ablation of junctional ectopic tachycardia in the normal heart

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 903-907

  Law, Ian H ^a   Von Bergen, Nicholas H ^a   Gingerich, Jean C ^a   Saarel, Elizabeth V ^b   Fischbach, Peter S ^c   Dick II, Macdonald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryothermal ablation; Junctional ectopic tachycardia; Pediatric; Supraventricular tachycardia; Transcatheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; PROPRANOLOL; SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE FIBER; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IOWA; MALE; MICHIGAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC JUNCTIONAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746278906     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.04.026     Document Type: Article

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