Transcatheter ablation of atrioventricular junctional re-entrant tachycardia in children and adolescents in Hong Kong: Comparison of cryothermal with radiofrequency energy

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 207-213

  Chen, Robin H S ^a   Wong, K T ^b   Lun, K S ^b   Yung, T C ^b  

^a PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular nodal reentry; Catheter ablation; Cryosurgery; Radiofrequency; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTIONAL REENTRANT TACHYCARDIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; CRYOMAPPING; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PR INTERVAL PROLONGATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862520485     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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