Effects of successful cardioversion of persistent atrial fibrillation on right ventricular refractoriness and repolarization

Europace

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-39

  Manios, Emmanuel G ^a   Kallergis, Eleftherios M ^a   Knoupakis, Emmanuel M ^a   Mavrakis, Hercules E ^a   Mouloudi, Helen K ^a   Klapsinos, Nikolaos K ^a   Vardas, Panos E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardioversion; Monophasic action potential; Repolarization; Ventricular refractoriness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART PACING; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 12544251751     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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