Single diagnostic pacing maneuver for supraventricular tachycardia

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1152-1158

  Veenhuyzen, George D ^a   Coverett, Kelly ^a   Quinn, F Russell ^a   Sapp, John L ^b   Gillis, Anne M ^a   Sheldon, Robert ^a   Exner, Derek V ^a   Mitchell, L Brent ^a  

^a LIBIN CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antidromic atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardia; Atriofascicular accessory pathway; Entrainment; Fusion; Orthodromic atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardia; Orthodromic nodoventricular reciprocating tachycardia; Supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART ACCESSORY CONDUCTION PATHWAY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

EID: 48049095954     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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