Junctional rhythm quantity and duration during slow pathway radiofrequency ablation in patients with atrioventricular nodal re-entry supraventricular tachycardia

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 588-591

  Iakobishvili, Z ^a,b   Kusniec, J ^a,b   Shohat Zabarsky, R ^a   Mazur, A ^a,b   Battler, A ^a,b   Strasberg, B ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrioventricular nodal re entry tachycardia; Echo beats; Junctional ectopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748052698     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eul064     Document Type: Article

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