Pattern of isthmus conduction recovery using open cooled and solid large-tip catheters for radiofrequency ablation of typical atrial flutter.

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Published in J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol on October 01, 2004

Authors

Rodolfo Ventura1, Hanno Klemm, Boris Lutomsky, Cagri Demir, Thomas Rostock, Christian Weiss, Thomas Meinertz, Stephan Willems

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. ventura@uke.uni-hamburg.de

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