Implications of 2:1 atrioventricular block during typical atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-119

  Otomo, Kiyoshi ^a,b   Suyama, Kazuhiro ^a   Okamura, Hideo ^a   Noda, Takashi ^a   Satomi, Kazuhiro ^a   Shimizu, Wataru ^a   Kurita, Takashi ^a   Aihara, Naohiko ^a   Kamakura, Shiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b Tsuchiura Kyodo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular block; Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia; His bundle; Lower turnaround point

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HIS BUNDLE ELECTROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BUNDLE OF HIS; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 34548173655     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-007-9147-4     Document Type: Article

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