Potential-guided versus anatomic-guided approach for slow pathway ablation of the common type atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia: A randomized study

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 477-483

  Efremidis, Michael ^a   Sideris, Antonios ^a   Letsas, Konstantinos P ^a   Alexanian, Ioannis P ^a   Pappas, Loukas K ^a   Mihas, Constantinos C ^a   Manolatos, Dimitrios ^a   Xydonas, Sotirios ^a   Gavrielatos, Gerasimos ^a   Filippatos, Gerasimos S ^a   Kardaras, Fotios ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial electrogram; AV nodal reentrant tachycardia; Electrophysiogical study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA;

CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 69249139600     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.64.4.2041612     Document Type: Article

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