Determining inferior vena cava-tricuspid isthmus block after typical atrial flutter ablation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 328-332

  Cosío, Francisco G ^a   Awamleh, Paula ^a   Pastor, Agustín ^a   Núñez, Ambrosio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE;

ATRIAL FLUTTER; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; TRICUSPID VALVE; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 14644400496     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2004.12.008     Document Type: Article

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