Site specificity of transverse crista terminalis conduction in patients with atrial flutter

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-43

  Yang, Yanfei ^a   Wahba, George M ^b   Liu, Taylor ^a   Mangat, Iqwal ^a   Keung, Edmund C ^c   Ursell, Philip C ^b   Scheinman, Melvin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Catheter ablation; Electrophysiology; Pacing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART BLOCK; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART PACING; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK;

AGED; ATRIAL FLUTTER; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 12844279971     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.09421.x     Document Type: Article

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