Prospective Randomized Trial of External Versus Internal Transcatheter Cardioversion in Patients with Chronic Atrial Fibrillation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 249-253

  Paravolidakis, K E ^a,b   Kolettis, T M ^a   Theodorakis, G N ^a   Paraskevaidis, I A ^a   Apostolou, T S ^a   Kremastinos, D Th ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardioversion; External; Internal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032151060     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009732903788     Document Type: Article

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