How to map and ablate atrial scar macroreentrant tachycardia of the right atrium

Europace

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 193-200

  Cosio, F G ^a   Pastor, A ^a   Nunez A ^a   Montero, M A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial macroreentrant tachycardia; Atrial mapping; Atrial reentry; Cardiac surgery; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ATRIUM; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; SCAR; TACHYCARDIA;

CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0034231817     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eupc.2000.0102     Document Type: Article

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