The architecture of the atrial musculature between the orifice of the inferior caval vein and the tricuspid valve: The anatomy of the isthmus

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1186-1195

  Cabrera, Jose Angel ^a   Sanchez Quintana, Damian ^b   Ho, Siew Yen ^c   Medina, Alfonso ^a   Anderson, Robert H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Arrhytmia; Atrial flutter; Atrium; Catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 0031795163     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1998.tb00091.x     Document Type: Article

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