Inter-relationships between atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 7 II, 2003, Pages 1583-1596

  Waldo, Albert L ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Atrial reentry circuits; Fibrillatory conduction

Indexed keywords

CAVA VEIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART FIBRILLATION; HEART FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0038609009     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.t01-1-00236.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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