Quantitative Analysis of Surface P-Wave Morphology in Isthmus Ablation for Type 1 Atrial Flutter: Differentiation between Complete Isthmus Block and Slow Isthmus Conduction

Circulation Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 244-248

  Tada, Hiroshi ^a   Nogami, Akihiko ^a,b   Naito, Shigeto ^a   Horie, Yasuto ^a   Suguta, Masahiko ^a   Nakatsugawa, Masatoshi ^a   Hoshizaki, Hiroshi ^a   Oshima, Shigeru ^a   Taniguchi, Koichi ^a  

^a Gunma Prefectural Cardiovascular Center   (Japan)

^b GUNMA PREFECTURAL CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Electrocardiogram; P wave; Radiofrequency catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032894627     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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