Global Right Atrial Mapping Delineates Double Posterior Lines of Block in Patients with Typical Atrial Flutter: A Study Using a Three-Dimensional Noncontact Mapping System

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1041-1048

  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; crista terminalis; Noncontact mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART BLOCK; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SINUS VENOSUS;

ATRIAL FLUTTER; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0242719734     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.03068.x     Document Type: Article

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