Direct current cardioversion does not cause cardiac damage: Evidence from cardiac troponin T estimation

Heart

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 229-230

  Rao, A C R ^a   Naeem, N ^a   John, C ^a   Collinson, P O ^a   Canepa Anson, R ^a   Joseph, S P ^a  

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardioversion; Creatine kinase; Troponin T

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; DIRECT CURRENT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031703808     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.80.3.229     Document Type: Article

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