ECG manifestations of left atrial flutter

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-41

  Shah, Dipen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ECG; Isoelectric interval; Left atrial flutter; V1 lead

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; ISOELECTRIC POINT; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REVIEW;

ATRIAL FLUTTER; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS;

EID: 58149271058     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e32831ca5a8     Document Type: Review

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