Evaluation of atrial refractoriness and atrial fibrillation inducibility immediately after internal cardioversion in patients with chronic persistent atrial fibrillation

Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 507-511

  Boriani, Giuseppe ^a   Biffi, Mauro ^b   Zannoli, Romano ^b   Branzi, Angelo ^b   Magnani, Bruno ^b  

^a Institute of Cardiology   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic agents; Atrial fibrillation; Cardioversion; Electrophysiology; Refractoriness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0033373771     PISSN: 09203206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007823619899     Document Type: Article

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