Long-term outcome in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation after successful internal cardioversion

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 607-609

  Tse, Hung Fat ^b   Lau, Chu Pak ^a   Ayers, Gregory M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOTALOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033557893     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00925-4     Document Type: Article

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