Characterization of reentrant circuits in left atrial macroreentrant tachycardia: Critical isthmus block can prevent atrial tachycardia recurrence

Circulation

Volumn 105, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 1934-1942

  Ouyang, Feifan ^a   Ernst, Sabine ^a   Vogtmann, Thomas ^a   Goya, Masahiko ^a   Volkmer, Marius ^a   Schaumann, Anselm ^a   Bänsch, Dietmar ^a   Antz, Matthias ^a   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Catheterization; Electrophysiology; Mapping; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL FLUTTER; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; RECURRENCE; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL;

EID: 0037161358     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000015077.12680.2E     Document Type: Article

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