Electrocardiographic differentiation of common type atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia from atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardia via a concealed accessory pathway

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-176

  Letsas, Konstantinos P ^a   Weber, Reinhold ^a   Herrera Siklody, Claudia ^a   Mihas, Constantinos C ^a   Stockinger, Jochem ^a   Blum, Thomas ^a   Kalusche, Dietrich ^a   Arentz, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER FREIBURG BAD KROZINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accessory pathway; Atrioventricular nodal re entrant tachycardia; Catheter ablation; Differential diagnosis; Supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRANT TACHYCARDIA; ATRIOVENTRICULAR REENTRANT TACHYCARDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ACCESSORY CONDUCTION PATHWAY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PREEXCITATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; QRS COMPLEX; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SINUS RHYTHM; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, RECIPROCATING;

EID: 77951557329     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.65.2.2047050     Document Type: Article

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