Pretreatment with verapamil in patients with persistent or chronic atrial fibrillation who underwent electrical cardioversion

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 810-814

  De Simone, Antonio ^a   Stabile, Giuseppe ^a   Vitale, Dino Franco ^b   Turco, Pietro ^a   Di Stasio, Maurizio ^b   Petrazzuoli, Ferdinando ^a   Gasparini, Maurizio ^c   De Matteis, Carmine ^d   Rotunno, Raffaele ^e   Di Napoli, Tommaso ^e  

^a Laboratorio di Elettrofisiologia Clinica Mediterranea   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Civile di Arienzo   (Italy)

^e Ospedale Civile di Polla   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPAFENONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CARDIOVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREMEDICATION; PROPAFENONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 0032835264     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00256-9     Document Type: Article

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