Clinical study regarding the anatomical structures of the right atrial isthmus using intra-cardiac echocardiography: Implication for catheter ablation of common atrial flutter

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-12

  Okishige, Kaoru ^a   Kawabata, Mihoko ^a   Yamashiro, Kei ^a   Ohshiro, Chikara ^a   Umayahara, Shin ^a   Gotoh, Masakazu ^a   Sasano, Tetsuo ^a   Isobe, Mitsuaki ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY MINATO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial flutter; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; ENERGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INCISION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECORDING; RIGHT ATRIAL ISTHMUS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 17644396694     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-005-5835-0     Document Type: Article

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