Monitoring the local electrogram at the ablation site during radiofrequency application for common atrial flutter

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 559-564

  Azegami, Koji ^a   Satake, Shutaro ^a   Okishige, Kaoru ^a   Sasano, Tetsuo ^a   Ohira, Hiroshi ^a   Yamashita, Katsuhiro ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY MINATO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amplitude decrease; Atrial flutter; Catheter ablation; Local electrogram

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY SINUS; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; RADIOFREQUENCY;

ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS;

EID: 0031830355     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.62.559     Document Type: Article

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