Mechanisms and clinical implications of atypical atrial flutter

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1153-1157

  Scheinman, Melvin M ^a,c   Cheng, Jie ^a,b   Yang, Yanfei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032864220     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1999.tb00288.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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