Prediction of maintenance of sinus rhythm after cardioversion of atrial fibrillation by analysis of serial signal-averaged P waves

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1387-1395

  Stafford, Peter J ^b   Kamalvand, Kavan ^a   Tan, Kim ^a   Vincent, Richard ^c   Sulke, Neil ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Internal DC cardioversion; Signal averaged P wave

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PREDICTION; RECURRENCE RISK;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031903069     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00209.x     Document Type: Article

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