Radiofrequency ablation of atrial tachycardia and atrial flutter

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 89, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2000, Pages

  López Gil, María ^a,b   Arribas, Fernando ^a,b   Cosío, Francisco G ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Atrial mapping; Atrial tachycardia; Catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0342803835     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003920070072     Document Type: Article

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