Cavotricuspid isthmus mapping to assess bidirectional block during common atrial flutter radiofrequency ablation

Circulation

Volumn 100, Issue 25, 1999, Pages 2507-2513

  Chen, Jian ^a   De Chillou, Christian ^a   Basiouny, Tarek ^a   Sadoul, Nicolas ^a   Da Silva Filho, Jorge ^a   Magnin Poull, Isabelle ^a   Messier, Marc ^a   Aliot, Etienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial flutter; Catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; DIPOLE; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART BLOCK; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 0033613540     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.100.25.2507     Document Type: Article

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