Independent predictive factors of acute and first year success after electrical cardioversion in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 958-964

  De Murúa, José A Ortiz ^a   Del Carmen ávila, María ^a   Ochoa, Carlos ^b   De La Fuente, Luis ^a   De Vega, José C Moreno ^a   Del Campo, Fernando ^a   Villafranca, José L ^a  

^a Servicio de Medicina Interna   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA CONCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrium; Defibrillation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; FLECAINIDE; PROPRANOLOL; SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVERSION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICS;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035433911     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-8932(01)76431-7     Document Type: Article

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