Transoesophageal echocardiography for immediate and safe cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation

European Heart Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 2041-2044

  Bartel, T ^a   Erbel, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; BLEEDING; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES;

EID: 0035180646     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.2001.2943     Document Type: Review

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