Catheter Ablation of Macroreentrant Right and Left Atrial Tachycardias

Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias: Basic Concepts and Clinical Applications, Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 193-217

  Nakagawa, Hiroshi ^a   Jackman, Warren M ^a   Yokoyama, Katsuaki ^a   Wu, Richard ^a   Beckman, Karen J ^a   Po, Sunny S ^a   Lockwood, Deborah ^a   Oza, Sameer ^a   Shukla, Himanshu ^a   Herring, Lisa ^a   Lazzara, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial tachycardias; Catheter ablation; Coronary sinus; Macroreentrant; Macroreentrant circuit

Indexed keywords

EID: 70649092698     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470696279.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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