Safety of electrical cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 897-904

  Gentile, Federico ^a   Elhendy, Abdou ^a,b   Khandheria, Bijoy K ^a   Seward, James B ^a   Lohse, Christine M ^a   Shen, Win Kuang ^a   Bailey, Kent R ^a   Montgomery, Samantha C ^a   Burger, Kelli N ^a   Tajik, A Jamil ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HEPARIN; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036730528     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/77.9.897     Document Type: Article

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