Echocardiographic factors predicting the maintenance of sinus rhythm one year after cardioversion for non-valvular atrial arrhythmias;Facteurs echographiques predictifs du maintien du rythme sinusal un an apres cardioversion pour trouble du rythme auriculaire non valvulaire

Archives des Maladies du Coeur et des Vaisseaux

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 911-918

  Perez Y ^a   Duval, A M ^a   Carville, C ^a   Weber H ^a   Cachin, J C ^a   Castaigne, A ^a   Gueret P ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SINUS RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART RATE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030873691     PISSN: 00039683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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