The role of echocardiography in atrial fibrillation and cardioversion

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1447-1454

  Troughton, Richard W ^b   Asher, Craig R ^a   Klein, Allan L ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY RISK; CORONARY STENT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOGENICITY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0344011507     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.12.1447     Document Type: Review

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