Bundle branch reentrant tachycardia in a patient with normal ventricular function

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 255-259

  Fynn, Simon P ^a,b   Kalman, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bundle branch reentrant tachycardia; Implantable defibrillator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUNDLE BRANCH REENTRANT TACHYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 3543095818     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JICE.0000026921.40512.21     Document Type: Article

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