Characteristics of cavotricuspid isthmus-dependent atrial flutter after left atrial ablation of atrial fibrillation

Circulation

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 609-615

  Chugh, Aman ^a,b   Latchamsetty, Rakesh ^a   Oral, Hakan ^a   Elmouchi, Darryl ^a   Tschopp, David ^a   Reich, Scott ^a   Igic, Petar ^a   Lemerand, Tammy ^a   Good, Eric ^a   Bogun, Frank ^a   Pelosi Jr , Frank ^a   Morady, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b F1310 MCHC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Catheter ablation; Electrocardiography; Fibrillation; Interatrial conduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CAVOTRICUSPID ISTHMUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 33644868576     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.580936     Document Type: Article

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