Characteristics of virtual unipolar electrograms for detecting isthmus block during radiofrequency ablation of typical atrial flutter

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2300-2304

  Lin, Yenn Jiang ^a   Tai, Ching Tai ^a,c   Huang, Jin Long ^b   Liu, Tu Ying ^a   Lee, Pi Chang ^a   Ting, Chih Tai ^b   Chen, Shih Ann ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AFL; atrial flutter; cavotricuspid isthmus; coronary sinus; crista terminalis; CS; CT; CTI; inferior vena cava; IVC; MEA; multielectrode array; RA; radiofrequency ablation; RFA; right atrium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CAVOTRICUSPID ISTHMUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART BLOCK; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART PACING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; ATRIAL FLUTTER; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 2942519750     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.01.048     Document Type: Article

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