Typical counterclockwise atrial flutter occurring despite absence of the inferior vena cava

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 82-87

  Varma, Niraj ^a   Gilkeson, Robert C ^b   Waldo, Albert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Entrainment mapping; Interrupted IVC; Isthmus

Indexed keywords

PROPAFENONE;

ABDOMEN; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TRICUSPID VALVE; VENOUS RETURN;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HUMANS; MALE; PROPAFENONE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SYNDROME; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 2442488524     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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