Time course of hemodynamic changes and improvement of exercise tolerance after cardioversion of chronic atrial fibrillation unassociated with cardiac valve disease

The American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 1993, Pages 560-566

  Van Gelder, Isabelle C ^a,b   Crijns, Harry J G M ^a,b   Blanksma, Paul K ^a,b   Landsman, Martin L J ^a,b   Posma, Jan L ^a,b   Van Den Berg, Maarten P ^a,b   Meijler, Frits L ^a,b   Lie, Kong I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; FLECAINIDE; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE FILLING; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0027172112     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(93)90352-D     Document Type: Article

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