Radiofrequency Ablation of Atrial Flutter: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Two Anatomic Approaches

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-88

  Passman, Rod S ^a,b   Kadish, Alan H ^a   Dibs, Samer R ^a   Engelstein, Erica D ^a   Goldberger, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Atrial flutter; Radiofrequency ablation; Randomized controlled study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINUS RHYTHM; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642561524     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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