Rapid atrial pacing: A useful technique during slow pathway ablation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 221-224

  Liberman, Leonardo ^a,b   Hordof, Allan J ^a   Pass, Robert H ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; AVNRT; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; CHILD; DISEASE DURATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART CYCLE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WENCKEBACH PERIOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERITIS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847394120     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00653.x     Document Type: Article

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