Prevalence and types of pitfall in the assessment of mitral isthmus linear conduction block

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 957-967

  Shah, Ashok J ^a   Pascale, Patrizio ^a   Miyazaki, Shinsuke ^a   Liu, Xingpeng ^a   Roten, Laurent ^a   Derval, Nicolas ^a   Jadidi, Amir S ^a   Scherr, Daniel ^a   Wilton, Stephen B ^a   Pedersen, Michala ^a   Knecht, Sebastien ^a   Sacher, Frédéric ^a   Jaïs, Pierre ^a   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Bidirectional block; Differential pacing; Linear ablation; Mitral isthmus; Pitfall

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY SINUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITRAL ISTHMUS ABLATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART PACING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MITRAL VALVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84872015872     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.112.971259     Document Type: Article

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