Clinical importance of Koch's triangle size in children - A study using 3-dimensional electroanatomical mapping

Circulation Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1918-1921

  Sumitomo, Naokata ^a   Tateno, Shigeru ^b   Nakamura, Yoshihide ^c   Ushinohama, Hiroya ^d   Taniguchi, Kazuo ^a   Ichikawa, Rie ^a   Fukuhara, Junji ^a   Abe, Osamu ^a   Miyashita, Michio ^a   Kanamaru, Hiroshi ^a   Ayusawa, Mamoru ^a   Harada, Kensuke ^a   Mugishima, Hideo ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Chiba Cardiovascular Center   (Japan)

^c JAPANESE RED CROSS WAKAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d FUKUOKA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 dimensional electroanatomical mapping system (CARTO); Atrioventricular node; Catheter ablation; Koch's triangle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; BUNDLE OF HIS; CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 37149022995     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.71.1918     Document Type: Article

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