Echocardiographic parameters for predicting maintenance of sinus rhythm after internal atrial defibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1446-1449

  Omran, Heyder ^a   Jung, Werner ^a   Schimpf, Rainer ^a   MacCarter, Dean ^a   Rabahieh, Rami ^a   Wolpert, Christian ^a   Illien, Stefan ^a   Lüderitz, Berndt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0032526081     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00212-4     Document Type: Article

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