Direct conversion of atrial flutter to sinus rhythm with low-output, short-duration transesophageal atrial pacing

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 762-766

  Ajisaka, Hidehiko ^a   Hiraki, Tatsuro ^a   Ikeda, Hisao ^a   Kubara, Ichiro ^a   Yoshida, Teruhisa ^a   Ohga, Masanobu ^a   Imaizumi, Tsutomu ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Conversion; Pacing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; MALE; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030884028     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960200910     Document Type: Article

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