High-density mapping of activation through an incomplete isthmus ablation line

Circulation

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 211-215

  Shah, Dipen ^a   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a   Jaïs, Pierre ^a   Takahashi, Atsushi ^a   Hocini, Meleze ^a   Clémenty, Jacques ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Catheter ablation; Electrophysiology; Mapping; Potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CONDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE CONDUCTION VELOCITY; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 0344389008     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.99.2.211     Document Type: Article

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