Poor maintenance of sinus rhythm after electrical cardioversion of patients with atrial fibrillation or flutter: A 5-year follow-up of 268 consecutive patients

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 324-328

  Dahlin, Jan ^a   Svedsen, Pia ^a   Gadsbøll, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Direct current cardioversion; Maintenance sinus rhythm

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BURN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLORY WEISS SYNDROME; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PACEMAKER FAILURE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECURRENCE; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0742289619     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017430310016090     Document Type: Article

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