Archives of Medical Research
Volume 35, Issue 6 , Pages 507-510 , November 2004

Long-term efficacy of slow-pathway catheter ablation in patients with documented but noninducible supraventricular tachycardia

  • Lexin Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
    • School of Biomedical Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Lexin Wang, MD, PhD, School of Biomedical Sciences, Charles Sturt University. Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia. Phone: +61 2 69332905, Fax: +61 2 69 332587
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  • Haibo Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
    • ,
  • Zhanying Han

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
    • ,
  • Yanzhou Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, People's Republic of China

Received 3 December 2003 ,Accepted 18 June 2004.

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PII: S0188-4409(04)00103-1

doi: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2004.06.008

Archives of Medical Research
Volume 35, Issue 6 , Pages 507-510 , November 2004

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