Factors predicting recurrence of atrial fibrillation after cardioversion;Czynniki wpływajace na nawrót migotania przedsionków po kardiowersji

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 501-511

  Dmochowska Perz, Małgorzata ^a,c   Łoboz Grudzień, Krystyna ^a,b   Sokalski, Leszek ^a   Tarnawska, Ewa Jaźwińska ^b  

^a T Marciniak Lower Silesia Specialist Hospital Wroclaw   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^c Oddzial Kardiologiczny   (Poland)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Echocardiography; Recovery of left atrial mechanical function

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; PROPAFENONE; QUINIDINE; SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVERSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SINUS RHYTHM; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0036916984     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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