Low-energy cardioversion with epicardial wire electrodes: New treatment of atrial fibrillation after open heart surgery

Circulation

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 883-886

  Liebold, Andreas ^a,b   Wahba, Alexander ^a   Birnbaum, Dietrich E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrium; Cardioversion; Defibrillation; Electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; SEDATION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032167610     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.98.9.883     Document Type: Article

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