Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia in the elderly: Efficacy and safety of radiofrequency catheter ablation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Meiltz, Alexandre ^a   Zimmermann, Marc ^a  

^a LA TOUR HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia; Catheter ablation in the elderly; Radiofrequency catheter ablation; Slow pathway ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRANT TACHYCARDIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REFRACTORY PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 33846273121     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00616.x     Document Type: Article

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