Low-energy cardioversion versus medical treatment for the termination of atrial fibrillation after CABG

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1185-1188

  Bechtel, J F Matthias ^a   Christiansen, Jan Felix ^a   Sievers, Hans Hinrich ^a,b   Bartels, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b Klinik fur Herzchirurgie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0037386208     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04715-X     Document Type: Article

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