Utility of the aVL lead in the electrocardiographic diagnosis of atrioventricular node re-entrant tachycardia

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 944-948

  Di Toro, Darío ^a,b,c   Hadid, Claudio ^a,b   López, Carlos ^a   Fuselli, Juan ^b   Luis, Vidal ^a   Labadet, Carlos ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE AGUDOS DR COSME ARGERICH   (Argentina)

^b CEMIC   (Argentina)

^c NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

AV node re entrant tachycardia; AV re entry tachycardia; AVL notch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 67650912086     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup130     Document Type: Article

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