Atrial flutter mapping and ablation II. Radiofrequency ablation of atrial flutter circuits

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 965-975

  Cosio, Francisco G ^a   Arribas, Fernando ^a   López Gil, María ^a   González, H Daniel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

atrial reentry; flutter ablation; flutter mechanisms; inferior vena cava tricuspid isthmus; radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; TRICUSPID VALVE; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0029969888     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb03394.x     Document Type: Article

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