Differentiating atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia from atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia by ΔHA values during entrainment from the ventricle

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-88

  Ho, Reginald T ^a   Mark, George E ^a   Rhim, Eugene S ^a   Pavri, Behzad B ^a   Greenspon, Arnold J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory pathway; Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia; Atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia; Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; ATRIOVENTRICULAR REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIS BUNDLE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; BUNDLE OF HIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL;

EID: 37549059880     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.09.017     Document Type: Article

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