Conduction properties of the crista terminalis and its influence on the right atrial activation sequence in patients with typical atrial flutter

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 132-141

  Yamabe, Hiroshige ^a   Misumi, Ikuo ^a   Fukushima, Hironobu ^a   Ueno, Kazuhiro ^a   Kimura, Yoshihiro ^a   Hokamura, Youichi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Crista terminalis; Mapping; Reentry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART BLOCK; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM TERMINAL CREST; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 0036185937     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.00132.x     Document Type: Article

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