Impact of the ECG for detection of intraatrial conduction block after atrial flutter ablation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1457-1465

  Weiss, Christian ^a   Willems, Stephan ^a   Hoffmann, Matthias ^a   Meinertz, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Catheter ablation; ECG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032707759     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00349.x     Document Type: Article

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