Mapping-guided ablation of the cavotricuspid isthmus: A novel simplified approach to radiofrequency catheter ablation of isthmus-dependent atrial flutter

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 665-673

  Maruyama, Mitsunori ^a   Kobayashi, Yoshinori ^a   Miyauchi, Yasushi ^a   Iwasaki, Yu ki ^a   Morita, Norishige ^a   Miyamoto, Shinjiro ^a   Tadera, Takeshi ^a   Ino, Takeshi ^a   Atarashi, Hirotsugu ^a   Katoh, Takao ^a   Takano, Teruo ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Catheter ablation; Cavotricuspid isthmus; Mapping; Pseudo block

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ATRIAL FLUTTER; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 33646759963     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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