Organised atrial fibrillation simulating atrial flutter

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-127

  Giazitzoglou, Eleftherios ^a   Triantafyllis, Demetrios ^a   Katritsis, Demosthenes ^a  

^a Athens Euroclinic ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Cavotricuspid isthmus ablation; Circumferential pulmonary vein ablation; Electroanatomical mapping; Electrophysiological study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY VEIN;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 33750121371     PISSN: 11099666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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