Cryoablation of typical atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia in children: Six years' experience and follow-up in a single center

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 475-481

  Drago, Fabrizio ^a   Russo, Mario S ^a   Silvetti, Massimo S ^a   De Santis, Antonella ^a   Iodice, Francesca ^a   Naso Onofrio, Maria Teresa ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia; Children; Cryoablation; Supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950511659     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02623.x     Document Type: Article

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