Three-dimensional mapping of the common atrial flutter circuit in the right atrium

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3904-3912

  Shah, Dipen C ^a   Jaïs, Pierre ^a   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a   Chouairi, Salah ^a   Takahashi, Atsusi ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^a   Garrigue, Stéphane ^a   Clémenty, Jacques ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Atrial flutte; Electrocardiography; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030719999     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.11.3904     Document Type: Article

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