Catheter ablation of atrial flutter using radiofrequency current: Cumulative experience in 61 patients

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-48

  Blanck, Zalmen ^a,b   Cetta, Thomas ^a   Sra, Jasbir ^a   Jazayeri, R ^a   Dhala, Anwer ^a   Deshpande, Sanjay ^a   Akhtar, Masood ^a  

^a St Luke's Sinai Samaritan Med C

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031973204     PISSN: 00436542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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