Effects of inadvertent atrioventricular block on clinical outcomes during cryoablation of the slow pathway in the treatment of atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1421-1427

  De Sisti, Antonio ^a   Tonet, Joelci ^a   Gueffaf, Fatima ^a   Touil, Faouzi ^a,b   Leclercq, Jean Francois ^a   Aouate, Philip ^a   Lacotte, Jerome ^a   Hidden Lucet, Francoise ^a   Frank, Robert ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Rhythmology Department   (France)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular block; Atrioventricular nodal re entrant tachycardia; Cryoablation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CATHETER; CORONARY SINUS; CRYOABLATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FREEZING; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; THAWING; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; COMORBIDITY; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 56749169386     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun297     Document Type: Article

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