Block of the lower interatrial connections: Insight into the sources of electrocardiographic diversities in common type atrial flutter

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 917-920

  Zrenner, Bernhard ^a,b   Ndrepepa, Gjin ^a   Karch, Martin ^a   Schneider, Michael ^a   Schmitt, Claus ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Basket catheter; Interatrial connection; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE;

EID: 0034030698     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2000.tb00866.x     Document Type: Article

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