Internal cardioversion of atrial fibrillation under transesophageal echocardiography guidance without fluoroscopy using single-lead catheter technique

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 328-331

  Goktekin, Omer ^a,b   Melek, Mehmet ^a   Timuralp, Bilgin ^a   Ata, Necmi ^a   Kudaiberdieva, Gulmira ^a   Gorenek, Bulent ^a   Birdane, Alpaslan ^a   Cavusoglu, Yuksel ^a   Unalir, Ahmet ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Oncag Park Sitesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BALLOON; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG INFUSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ENERGY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MONITORING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SHOCK; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036679852     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)02476-1     Document Type: Article

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