Approach to the difficult septal atrioventricular accessory pathway: The importance of regional anatomy

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Liu, Enzhao ^a   Shehata, Michael ^a   Swerdlow, Charles ^a   Amorn, Allen ^a   Cingolani, Eugenio ^a   Kannarkat, Vinod ^a   Chugh, Sumeet S ^a   Wang, Xunzhang ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Catheter ablation; Electrocardiography; Electrophysiology mapping; Heart rhythm disorders; Tachyarrhythmia or tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUS RHYTHM; TACHYCARDIA;

ACCESSORY ATRIOVENTRICULAR BUNDLE; ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY, REGIONAL; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; BUNDLE OF HIS; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; VENTRICULAR SEPTUM;

EID: 84863671884     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.112.971135     Document Type: Article

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