Progressive isthmus delay during atrial flutter ablation: The critical importance of isthmus spanning electrodes for distinguishing pseudoblock from block

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 308-315

  Friedman, Paul A ^a   Luria, David ^b   Munger, Thomas M ^a   Jahangir, Arshad ^a   Shen, Win K ^a   Rea, Robert F ^a   Grice, Suellen ^a   Asirvatham, Samuel ^a   Packer, Douglas L ^a   Hammill, Stephen C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial flutter; Catheters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART ISTHMUS BLOCK; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FLUTTER; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036212310     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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