Three-dimensional noncontact mapping defines two zones of slow conduction in the circuit of typical atrial flutter

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1 II, 2003, Pages 318-322

  Chen, Jian ^a   Hoff, Per Ivar ^a   Erga, Knut Ståle ^a   Rossvoll, Ole ^a   Ohm, Ole Jørgen ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Mapping; Noncontact

Indexed keywords

ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MALE; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 0037247730     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00041.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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