Radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial flutter after orthotopic heart transplantation: Insights into the redefined critical isthmus

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 292-296

  Pinski, Sergio L ^a   Bredikis, Audrius J ^a   Winkel, Elaine ^a   Trohman, Richard G ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032958122     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(98)00047-3     Document Type: Article

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