Noncontact electroanatomic mapping to characterize typical atrial flutter: Participation of right atrial posterior wall in the reentrant circuit

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 422-430

  Dixit, Sanjay ^a,b   Lavi, Nimrod ^a   Robinson, Melissa ^a   Riley, Michael P ^a   Callans, David J ^a   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a   Lin, David ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

3 dimensional mapping; atrial flutter entrainment; catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FLUTTER; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79954602840     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2010.01917.x     Document Type: Article

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