Effect of rhythm regularization on left ventricular contractility in patients with atrial fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 114-116

  Effat, Mohamed ^a   Schick, Edgar C ^a   Martin, David T ^a   Gaasch, William H ^a  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIRECT CURRENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0033977289     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00620-7     Document Type: Article

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