Atrial flutter: Watch and control?

Europace

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 413-414

  Thornton, A S ^a   Jordaens, Luc J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATHETER ABLATION; CAVOTRICUSPID ISTHMUS; EDITORIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SAFETY; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS;

EID: 23744481480     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2005.05.003     Document Type: Editorial

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