?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Electrophysiological+Mechanisms+of+Atrial+Flutter&rft.creator=Tai%2C+Ching-+Tai&rft.creator=Chen%2C+Shin-Ann&rft.subject=Indian+Pacing+and+Electrophysiology+Journal&rft.description=Atrial+flutter+(AFL)+is+a+common+arrhythmia+in+clinical+practice.++Several+experimental+models+such+as+tricuspid+regurgitation+model%2C+tricuspid+ring+model%2C+sterile+pericarditis+model+and+atrial+crush+injury+model+have+provided+important+information+about+reentrant+circuit+and+can+test+the+effect+of+antiarrhythmic+drugs.+Human+atrial+flutter+has+typical+and+atypical+forms.++Typical+atrial+flutter+rotates+around+tricuspid+annulus+and+uses+the+crista+terminalis+and+sometimes+sinus+venosa+as+the+boundary.++The+IVC-tricuspid+isthmus+is+a+slow+conduction+zone+and+the+target+of+radiofrequency+ablation.++Atypical+atrial+flutter+may+arise+from+the+right+or+left+atrium.++Right+atrial+flutter+includes+upper+loop+reentry%2C+free+wall+reentry+and+figure+of+eight+reentry.++Left+atrial+flutter+includes+mitral+annular+atrial+flutter%2C+pulmonary+vein-related+atrial+flutter+and+left+septal+atrial+flutter.++Radiofrequency+ablation+of+the+isthmus+between+the+boundaries+can+eliminate+these+arrhythmias.%0A&rft.publisher=Indian+Pacing+and+Electrophysiology+Group&rft.contributor=Singh%2C+Balbir&rft.contributor=Lokhandwala%2C+Yash&rft.contributor=Francis%2C+Johnson&rft.contributor=Gupta%2C+Anup&rft.contributor=Ghosh%2C+Joydeep&rft.date=2006-04&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4804%2F1%2Ftai.htm&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4804%2F2%2Ftai.pdf&rft.identifier=++Tai%2C+Ching-+Tai+and+Chen%2C+Shin-Ann++(2006)+Electrophysiological+Mechanisms+of+Atrial+Flutter.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4804%2F