Radiofrequency catheter ablation of common atrial flutter in 200 patients

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1225-1233

  Fischer, Bruno ^a   Jaïs, Pierre ^a   Shah, Dipen ^a   Chouairi, Salah ^a   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a   Garrigues, Stéphane ^a   Poquet, Franck ^a   Gencel, Laurent ^a   Clémenty, Jacques ^a   Marcus, Frank I ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial flutter; catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 8044248430     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1996.tb00502.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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