Radiofrequency catheter ablation of common atrial flutter in a patient with anomalous inferior vena cava and azygos continuation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 733-735

  Malavasi, Vincenzo L ^a,b   Casali, Edoardo ^a   Rossi, Luca ^a   Modena, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Common atrial flutter; Congenital venous anomaly; Inferior vena cava

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY SINUS; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; SINUS RHYTHM; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; VEIN MALFORMATION;

ATRIAL FLUTTER; AZYGOS VEIN; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 22244471406     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00147.x     Document Type: Article

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