Angiographic anatomy of the inferior right atrial isthmus in patients with and without history of common atrial flutter

Circulation

Volumn 99, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 3017-3023

  Cabrera, José Angel ^a   Sanchez Quintana, Damian ^b   Ho, Siew Yen ^c,d   Medina, Alfonso ^a   Wanguemert, Fernando ^a   Gross, Egon ^a   Grillo, José ^a   Hernandez, Enrique ^a   Anderson, Robert H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiography; Atrial flutter; Atrium; Catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033564054     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.99.23.3017     Document Type: Article

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