Prevalence of typical atrial flutter with reentry circuit posterior to the superior vena cava: Use of entrainment at the atrial roof

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 190-196

  Maury, Philippe ^a   Duparc, Alexandre ^a   Hebrard, Aurelien ^a   El Bayomy, Mohamed ^a   Delay, Marc ^a  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Entrainment; Lower loop reentry; Typical atrial flutter; Upper turn around

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART PACING; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TRICUSPID VALVE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 41949088157     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eum296     Document Type: Article

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