Usefulness and limitations of the surface electrocardiogram in the classification of right and left atrial flutter

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 381-387

  Inama, Giuseppe ^a,b   Pedrinazzi, Claudio ^a   Durin, Ornella ^a   Agricola, Pietro ^a   Romagnoli, Giulio ^a   Gazzaniga, Pietro ^a  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Catheter ablation; Classification; Electrophysiology; Mapping

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROANATOMICAL MAPPING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOMENCLATURE; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN;

ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS;

EID: 33746638846     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000228686.87086.bd     Document Type: Review

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