Entrainment mapping of dual-loop macroreentry in common atrial flutter: New insights into the atrial flutter circuit

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 679-685

  Fujiki, Akira ^a   Nishida, Kunihiro ^a   Sakabe, Masao ^a   Sugao, Masataka ^a   Tsuneda, Takayuki ^a   Mizumaki, Koichi ^a   Inoue, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Crista terminalis; Dual loop reentry; Entrainment; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART BEAT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FLUTTER; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 2942562532     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2004.03579.x     Document Type: Article

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