Conduction barriers of atrial flutter: Relation to the anatomy

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1335-1342

  Tai, Ching Tai ^a,b   Chen, Shin Ann ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Conduction barrier

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; CRUSH TRAUMA; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CONDUCTION; HUMAN; NERVE BLOCK; REVIEW; SINUS VENOSUS; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 51849163783     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.01186.x     Document Type: Review

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