Mechanism of initiation of atrial flutter in humans: Site of unidirectional block and direction of rotation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 376-384

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION;

AGED; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATION;

EID: 0031030515     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00480-9     Document Type: Article

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