Role of the tricuspid annulus and the eustachian valve/ridge on atrial flutter: Relevance to catheter ablation of the septal isthmus and a new technique for rapid identification of ablation success

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 407-424

  Nakagawa, Hiroshi ^c   Lazzara, Ralph ^c   Khastgir, Terrance ^c   Beckman, Karen J ^c   McClelland, James H ^c   Imai, Shinobu ^c   Pitha, Jan V ^c   Becker, Anton E ^a   Arruda, Mauricio ^c   Gonzalez, Mario D ^c   Widman, Lawrence E ^c   Rome, Michael ^c   Neuhauser, Jeffrey ^c   Wang, Xunzhang ^c   Calame, James D ^c   Goudeau, Maurice D ^c   Jackman, Warren M ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

^c NONE

Author keywords

atrial flutter; catheter ablation; mapping; radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 9444295300     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.3.407     Document Type: Article

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