Mechanism of conversion of atypical right atrial flutter to atrial fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 46-52

  Yang, Yanfei ^a,b   Mangat, Iqwal ^a,b   Glatter, Kathryn A ^a,b   Cheng, Jie ^a,b   Scheinman, Melvin M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAVOTRICUSPID ISTHMUS ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 0037222903     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)02996-X     Document Type: Article

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