Predictors of clinical recurrence after successful electrical cardioversion of chronic persistent atrial fibrillation: Clinical and electrophysiological observations

Cardiology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 133-137

  Lin, Jih Min ^a   Lin, Jiunn Lee ^a   Lai, Ling Ping ^a   Tseng, Yung Zu ^a   Stephen Huang, Shoei K ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atrial electrophysiology; Atrial fibrillation; ECG; Electrical cardioversion

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; PROPAFENONE; QUINIDINE; SOTALOL; WARFARIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036086055     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000063329     Document Type: Article

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