Atrial activation during atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia: Studies on retrograde fast pathway conduction

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 993-1000

  Katritsis, Demosthenes G ^a   Ellenbogen, Kenneth A ^b   Becker, Anton E ^c  

^a Athens Euroclinic ^*  (Greece)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

atrioventricular node activation; Atrioventricular reentrant nodal tachycardia

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; DIAZEPAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HIS BUNDLE ELECTROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SEDATION; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; ATRIAL FUNCTION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 33747829881     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.05.029     Document Type: Article

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