Optimizing the detection of bidirectional block across the flutter isthmus for patients with typical isthmus-dependent atrial flutter

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 559-564

  Mangat, Iqwal ^b   Yang, Yanfei ^b   Cheng, Jie ^b   Keung, Edmund C ^b   Scheinman, Melvin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CONDUCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECURRENCE RISK;

EID: 0037373795     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)03306-4     Document Type: Article

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