Immediate recurrence of atrial fibrillation after internal cardioversion: Importance of right atrial conduction variations

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 313-320

  Gorenek, Bulent ^a   Kudaiberdieva, Gulmina ^a   Cavusoglu, Yuksel ^a   Goktekin, Omen ^a   Birdane, Alpaslan ^a   Unalir, Ahmet ^a   Ata, Neemi ^a   Timuralp, Bilgin ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Immediate recurrence; Internal cardioversion; Variations in right atrial conduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ACCESSORY CONDUCTION PATHWAY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

EID: 0036804339     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jelc.2002.36279     Document Type: Article

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