Catheter ablation of peri-AV nodal atrial tachycardia from the noncoronary cusp of the aortic valve

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 231-237

  Das, Saumya ^a   Neuzil, Petr ^d   Albert, Christine M ^b   D'Avila, Andre ^a   Mansour, Moussa ^a   Mela, Theofanie ^a   Ellinor, Patrick T ^a   Singh, Jagmeet ^a   Patton, Kristen ^c   Ruskin, Jeremy N ^a   Reddy, Vivek Y ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aortic valve cusp; Atrial tachycardia; Catheter ablation; Cryoablation; Electrophysiology; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39749136214     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.01024.x     Document Type: Article

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