Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia in patients referred for atrial fibrillation ablation: Response to ablation that incorporates slow-pathway modification

Circulation

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 191-195

  Sauer, William H ^a,b   Alonso, Concepcion ^a   Zado, Erica ^a   Cooper, Joshua M ^a   Lin, David ^a   Dixit, Sanjay ^a   Russo, Andrea ^a   Verdino, Ralph ^a   Ji, Sen ^a   Gerstenfeld, Edward P ^a   Callans, David J ^a   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular node; Catheter ablation; Fibrillation; Reentry

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY VEIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA; TIME;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY VEINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33747039557     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.621896     Document Type: Article

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