Quality of life in atrial fibrillation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages 201-209

  Lüderitz, Berndt ^a   Jung, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial defibrillators; Atrial fibrillation (AF); Classification of AF; Health profiles; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 0034012672     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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