The continuing challenge of typical atrial flutter ablation: It is the anatomy! (Again)

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1518-1519

  Cosío, Francisco G ^a   Perea, Jesús ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; ELECTRODE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ATRIAL FLUTTER; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY VESSELS; HEART; HUMANS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 78049518683     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq375     Document Type: Editorial

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