Prospective observations in the clinical and electrophysiological characteristics of intra-isthmus reentry

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1099-1106

  Yang, Yanfei ^a,b   Varma, Niraj ^a,b   Badhwar, Nitish ^a,b   Tanel, Ronn E ^a,b   Sundara, Sirisha ^a,b   Lee, Randall J ^a,b   Lee, Byron K ^a,b   Tseng, Zian H ^a,b   Marcus, Gregory M ^a,b   Kim, Albert M ^a,b   Olgin, Jeffrey E ^a,b   Scheinman, Melvin M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial flutter; catheter ablation; cavotricuspid isthmus; electroanatomic mapping; entrainment mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FLUTTER; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649306013     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2010.01778.x     Document Type: Article

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