Catheter ablation of atypical atrial flutter and atrial tachycardia within the coronary sinus after left atrial ablation for atrial fibrillation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-91

  Chugh, Aman ^a,b   Oral, Hakan ^a   Good, Eric ^a   Han, Jihn ^a   Tamirisa, Kamala ^a   Lemola, Kristina ^a   Elmouchi, Darryl ^a   Tschopp, David ^a   Reich, Scott ^a   Igic, Petar ^a   Bogun, Frank ^a   Pelosi Jr , Frank ^a   Morady, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b F1310 MCHC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CYCLE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SINOATRIAL NODE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21344466780     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.03.053     Document Type: Article

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