Long-Term Outcomes for Cryoablation of Pediatric Patients With Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1118-1121

  LaPage, Martin J ^a   Saul, J Philip ^a   Reed, John H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; CATHETER; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CRYOABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950371620     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.12.014     Document Type: Article

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