Left-sided atrial flutter originating in the coronary sinus after radiofrequency ablation of atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Jimenez, Alejandro ^a   Shorofsky, Stephen R ^a   Dickfeld, Timm M ^a   Anand, Rishi ^a   Saliaris, Anastasios P ^a   Saba, Magdi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; atrial flutter; catheter ablation; coronary sinus; mitral isthmus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957361321     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02718.x     Document Type: Article

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