Heart Rhythm
Volume 2, Issue 11 , Pages 1179-1185 , November 2005

Prolongation of the fast pathway effective refractory period during cryoablation in children: A marker of slow pathway modification

  • Aya Miyazaki, MD
    • ,
  • Andrew D. Blaufox, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Andrew D. Blaufox, Children’s Heart Program of South Carolina–MUSC, 165 Ashley Avenue, PO Box 250915, Charleston, South Carolina 29425.
    • ,
  • David L. Fairbrother, MD
    • ,
  • J. Philip Saul, MD

      Affiliations

    • Dr. Saul is a consultant for CryoCath Technologies Inc., Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Received 7 June 2005 ,Accepted 5 August 2005.

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PII: S1547-5271(05)02009-6

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2005.08.017

Heart Rhythm
Volume 2, Issue 11 , Pages 1179-1185 , November 2005

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