Typical atrial flutter: History, mechanisms and radio-frequency "ablation";Le flutter auriculaire typique: Histoire, mécanismes et «ablation» par la technique de radiofréquence

Bulletin de l'Academie Nationale de Medecine

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 139-153

  Saoudi, Nadir ^a   Ricard, Philippe ^b   Rinaldi, Jean Paul ^b   Anselme, Frédéric ^b   Bounhoure, Jean Paul ^b   Vacheron, André ^b   Guize, Louis ^b   Bourel, Michel ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER PRINCESSE GRACE   (Monaco)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial flutter; Catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745784616     PISSN: 00014079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0001-4079(19)33357-6     Document Type: Article

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