Atypical Flutter: A Review

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2157-2169

  Cosío, Francisco G ^a   Martín Peñato, Arturo ^a   Pastor, Agustín ^a   Nuñez, Ambrosio ^a   Goicolea, Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial mapping; Atrial tachycardia; Atypical flutter; Catheter ablation; Macroreentrant tachycardia

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART INJURY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; SINUS RHYTHM; TACHYCARDIA;

ATRIAL FLUTTER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC;

EID: 10744223122     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00336.x     Document Type: Review

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