Atrial Flutter Mapping and Ablation I. Studying Atrial Flutter Mechanisms by Mapping and Entrainment

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 841-853

  Cosio, Francisco G ^a   Arribas, Fernando ^a   López Gil, María ^a   Palacios, José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial endocardial mapping; Atrial reentry; Atypical flutter; Common flutter; Flutter entrainment; Flutter mechanisms

Indexed keywords

CORONARY SINUS; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REVIEW;

ATRIAL FLUTTER; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; TRICUSPID VALVE; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 0029863396     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb03368.x     Document Type: Article

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