Atrial flutter. I. Electrophysiologic substrates and modes of initiation and termination

The American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1980, Pages 732-741

  Watson, Rita M ^a   Josephson, Mark E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETIOLOGY; HEART; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; REFRACTORY PERIOD, NEUROLOGIC; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0018842517     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(80)90115-0     Document Type: Article

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