Clinical predictors and time course of arrhythmia recurrence in patients with early reinitiation of atrial fibrillation after successful internal cardioversion

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1809-1814

  Tse, Hung Fat ^a   Lau, Chu Pak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Internal cardioversion; Outcome

Indexed keywords

SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOTALOL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141630306     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.t01-1-00274.x     Document Type: Article

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