Uncommon atrial flutter: Characteristics, mechanisms, and results of ablative therapy

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 11 I, 1998, Pages 2029-2042

  Gomes, J Anthony ^a   Santoni Rugiu, Francesco ^a   Mehta, Davendra ^a   Langan, Noelle M ^a   Marx, Steven O ^a   Nayak, Hemal ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Coronary sinus; Radiofrequency ablation; Uncommon atrial flutter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CATHETER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; BUNDLE OF HIS; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031782347     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb01121.x     Document Type: Article

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