Atrial ejection force in patients with atrial fibrillation: Comparison between DC shock and pharmacological cardioversion

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1 I, 1999, Pages 33-38

  Mattioli, Anna Vittoria ^a   Castelli, Annadele ^a   Bastia, Elisabetta ^a   Mattioli, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial function; Cardioversion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PROCAINAMIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032903907     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00297.x     Document Type: Article

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