Electrocardiographic and electrophysiologic characterization of atypical atrial flutter in man: Use of activation and entrainment mapping and implications for catheter ablation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-144

  Kalman, Jonathan M ^a   Olgin, Jeffrey E ^a   Saxon, Leslie A ^a   Lee, Randall J ^a   Scheinman, Melvin M ^a   Lesh, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; clockwise flutter; crista terminalis; radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031017195     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1997.tb00775.x     Document Type: Article

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