High-resolution mapping around the crista terminalis during typical atrial flutter: New insights into mechanisms

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 406-414

  Tai, Ching Tai ^a,b   Huang, Jin Long ^a   Lee, Pi Chang ^a   Ding, Yu An ^a   Chang, Mau Song ^a   Chen, Shih Ann ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Catheter ablation; Crista terminalis; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS VENOSUS; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FLUTTER; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 1942440060     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.03535.x     Document Type: Article

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