Reentry within the cavotricuspid isthmus: An isthmus dependent circuit

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 808-818

  Yang, Yanfei ^a   Varma, Niraj ^b   Keung, Edmund C ^c   Scheinman, Melvin M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Cardiac electrophysiology; Catheter ablation; Cavotricuspid isthmus; Entrainment mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TRICUSPID VALVE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FLUTTER; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 27844465506     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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