Hemodynamic and cardiorespiratory function following internal atrial defibrillation for chronic atrial fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1633-1637

  Schimpf, Rainer ^a   Omran, Heyder ^a   Jung, Werner ^a   Schumacher, Burghard ^a   Lewalter, Thorsten ^a   MacCarter, Dean ^a   Rabahieh, Rami ^a   Wolpert, Christian ^a   Lüderitz, Berndt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WORKLOAD;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033564562     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00169-1     Document Type: Article

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