Coronary sinus pacing initiates counterclockwise atrial flutter while pacing from the low lateral right atrium initiates clockwise atrial flutter: Analysis of episodes of direct initiation of atrial flutter

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 345-361

  Suzuki, Fumio ^a   Toshida, Nobuo ^a   Nawata, Hiroko ^a   Yamamoto, Naohito ^a   Hirao, Kenzo ^a   Miyasaka, Nobuyuki ^a   Kawara, Tokuhiro ^a   Hiejima, Kazumasa ^a   Harada, Tomoo ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Toyoko Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial pacing site; Clockwise (counterclockwise) atrial flutter; Inducibility of atrial flutter; Rapid atrial pacing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 0031784535     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0736(98)90020-6     Document Type: Article

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