Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia in children

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 454-459

  Drago, Fabrizio ^a   Grutter, Giorgia ^a   Silvetti, Massimo S ^a   De Santis, Antonella ^a   Di Ciommo, Vincenzo ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic drugs; Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; FLECAINIDE; ISOPRENALINE; PROPAFENONE; PROPRANOLOL; SOTALOL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 33747101776     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-006-1279-2     Document Type: Article

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