Catheter inversion: A technique to complete isthmus ablation and cure atrial flutter

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6 PART I, 2004, Pages 775-778

  Sporton, Simon C ^a   Davies, D Wyn ^b   Earley, Mark J ^a   Markides, Vias ^a   Nathan, Anthony W ^a   Schilling, Richard J ^a,c  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Catheter ablation; Catheter inversion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART BLOCK; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; RADIOFREQUENCY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 2942572705     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00527.x     Document Type: Article

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