Management of persistent atrial fibrillation following balloon mitral valvotomy: Safety and efficacy of low-dose amiodarone

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 802-809

  Kapoor, Aditya ^b   Kumar, Sudeep ^b   Singh, Rakesh K ^b   Pandey, C M ^a   Sinha, Nakul ^b  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DILTIAZEM; DIPYRIDAMOLE; PROPAFENONE; QUINIDINE; SOTALOL; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT CURRENT; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENDER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE COMMISSUROTOMY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADULT; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BALLOON DILATATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036855416     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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