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Upper and Lower Common Pathways in Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia:
Author(s) -
KATRITSIS DEMOSTHENES G.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00861.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nodal , tachycardia , atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia , cardiology , reentrancy , accessory pathway , catheter ablation , ablation , computer science , programming language
The concepts of upper and lower common pathways represent long‐standing controversies of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT). Over the last years there has been considerable evidence against the presence of a lower and, especially, an upper common pathway as distinct entities that can be identified in most patients with atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia. The mechanism and relevance of these concepts remain speculative.