Transverse conduction capabilities of the crista terminalis in patients with atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation

B Schumacher, W Jung, H Schmidt… - Journal of the American …, 1999 - jacc.org
OBJECTIVES In this study, the transverse conduction capabilities of the crista terminalis (CT)
were determined during pacing in sinus rhythm in patients with atrial flutter and atrial …

Relation Between Transverse Conduction Capability and the Anatomy of the Crista Terminalis in Patients With Atrial Flutter and Atrial Fibrillation Analysis by …

K Mizumaki, A Fujiki, H Nagasawa, K Nishida… - Circulation …, 2002 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Although crista terminalis (CT) has been identified as the barrier to transverse conduction
during typical atrial flutter (AFL), the relation between transverse conduction capabilities and …

Functional characterization of the crista terminalis in patients with atrial flutter: implications for radiofrequency ablation

TY Liu, CT Tai, BH Huang, S Higa, YJ Lin… - Journal of the American …, 2004 - jacc.org
Objectives: The aim of the study was to investigate the conduction properties and anisotropy
of the crista terminalis (CT) in patients with atrial flutter (AFL) using non-contact mapping …

Conduction properties of the crista terminalis in patients with typical atrial flutter: basis for a line of block in the reentrant circuit

CTAI TAT, SANN CHEN, YIJEN CHEN… - Journal of …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Conduction Properties of the Crista Terminalis. Introduction: Previous mapping studies in
patients with typical atrial flutter have demonstrated the crista terminalis to he a posterior …

Conduction left-to-right and right-to-left across the crista terminalis

K Matsuo, K Uno, CM Khrestian… - American Journal of …, 2001 - journals.physiology.org
A line of block between the vena cava and the crista terminalis (CT) region is important for
atrial flutter (AFL), but whether it is fixed or functional is controversial. To test the hypothesis …

Rate-dependent conduction block of the crista terminalis in patients with typical atrial flutter: influence on evaluation of cavotricuspid isthmus conduction block

A Arenal, J Almendral, JM Alday, J Villacastín… - Circulation, 1999 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The crista terminalis (CT) has been identified as the posterior boundary of
typical atrial flutter (AFL) in the lateral wall (LW) of the right atrium (RA). To study conduction …

High‐resolution mapping around the crista terminalis during typical atrial flutter: New insights into mechanisms

CTAI TAI, JINL HUANG, PIC LEE… - Journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction: The aim of this study was to delineate activation patterns around the crista
terminalis (CT) using high‐resolution noncontact mapping. Methods and Results: Twenty …

The role of the crista terminalis in atrial flutter and fibrillation: a computer modeling study

WS Ellis, A SippensGroenewegen… - Annals of biomedical …, 2000 - Springer
Although atrial fibrillation is a common arrhythmia, the underlying mechanisms are
incompletely understood. Recent studies have determined the role of the crista terminalis in …

Role of anatomic architecture in sustained atrial reentry and double potentials

T Yamashita, H Inoue, A Nozaki, T Sugimoto - American Heart Journal, 1992 - Elsevier
To determine the role of anatomic architecture in atrial flutter, electrophysiologic findings
were correlated with anatomic features in a modified model of atrial flutter with ligation of the …

Regional differences in transient outward current density and inhomogeneities of repolarization in rabbit right atrium

T Yamashita, T Nakajima, H Hazama, E Hamada… - Circulation, 1995 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Recent experimental and clinical studies on atrial flutter have demonstrated that
the crista terminalis (CT) plays an important role in the genesis of atrial reentry. To elucidate …