Acute Reductions in Ventricular Myocardial Tissue Velocities after Direct Current Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 656-663

  Fung, Kevin C ^b   Tan, Hiok C ^b   Kritharides, Leonard ^a  

^a ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; FLECAINIDE; HEPARIN; SOTALOL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIRECT CURRENT; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTOLE; TRICUSPID VALVE; VELOCITY; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; MIDDLE AGED; TIME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0042410890     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(03)00178-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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