Capture of atrial fibrillation reduces the atrial defibrillation threshold

PACE-Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1159-1165

  Villani, Giovanni Q ^a   Nollo, Giandomenico ^b   Ravelli, Flavia ^b   Piepoli, Massimo ^a   Capucci, Alessandro ^a  

^a Piacenza General Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Defibrillation; Entrainment; Pacing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ENERGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036694177     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.01159.x     Document Type: Article

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