Role of the right atrial substrate in different types of atrial arrhythmias

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 592-598

  Lin, Yenn Jiang ^a,b   Higa, Satoshi ^c   Tai, Ching Tai ^a   Chang, Shih Lin ^a   Lee, Kun Tai ^d   Lo, Li Wei ^b   Ishigaki, Sugako ^c   Tuan, Ta Chuan ^a,b   Wongcharoen, Wanwarang ^e   Hu, Yu Feng ^f   Hsieh, Min Hsiung ^g   Tsao, Hsuan Ming ^b   Chen, Shih Ann ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^g TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Electrogram; Voltage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SINUS RHYTHM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 64649099112     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.02.019     Document Type: Article

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