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A classification of atrial flutter and regular atrial tachycardia according to electrophysiological mechanisms and anatomical bases. A Statement from a Joint Expert Group from the Working Group of Arrhythmias of the European Society of Cardiology and the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology

N Saoudif1, F Cosío, A Waldo, S.A Chen, Y Iesaka, M Lesh, S Saksena, J Salerno and W Schoels

Received February 11, 2001; accepted February 15, 2001

Key Words: Classification, flutter, atrial tachycardia, macroreentrant tachycardia, focal tachycardia, mapping, entrainment

f1 Correspondence: Nadir Saoudi, MD, Professor of Cardiology, BP No 489, Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, Avenue Pasteur, 98012 Monaco (Principauté).

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