Electromagnetic versus fluoroscopic mapping of the inferior isthmus for ablation of typical atrial flutter: A prospective randomized study

Circulation

Volumn 102, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 2082-2086

  Kottkamp, Hans ^a   Hügl, Burkhardt ^a   Krauss, Beate ^a   Wetzel, Ulrike ^a   Fleck, Anne ^a   Schuler, Gerhard ^a   Hindricks, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial flutter; Catheter ablation; Electrophysiology; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034711170     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.102.17.2082     Document Type: Article

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