What is the best endpoint for ablating atrial flutter?

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-105

  Krummen, D E ^a   Narayan, S M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECORDING; THEORY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33744949874     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-006-7778-5     Document Type: Note

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