Differentiating Junctional Tachycardia and Atrioventricular Node Re-Entry Tachycardia Based on Response to Atrial Extrastimulus Pacing

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 52, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 1711-1717

  Padanilam, Benzy J ^a   Manfredi, Joseph A ^a   Steinberg, Leonard A ^a   Olson, Jeff A ^a   Fogel, Richard I ^a   Prystowsky, Eric N ^a  

^a Care Group   (United States)

Author keywords

atrioventricular node re entry; catheter ablation; junctional tachycardia; premature atrial complex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIS BUNDLE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC JUNCTIONAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55549100286     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.08.030     Document Type: Article

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