Ice mapping during tachycardia in close proximity to the AV node is safe and offers advantages for transcatheter ablation procedures

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 587-591

  Kardos, Attila ^a   Paprika, Dora ^a   Shalganov, Tchavdar ^a   Vatasescu, Radu ^a   Foldesi, Csaba ^a   Kornyei, Laszlo ^a   Szili Torok, Tamas ^a  

^a Hungarian Institute of Cardiology   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cryoablation; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYOABLATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TACHYCARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 37049004201     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.62.6.2024018     Document Type: Article

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