An update on electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation

Cardiac Electrophysiology Review

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 285-289

  Mittal, Suneet ^a   Stein, Kenneth M ^a   Markowitz, Steven M ^a   Iwai, Sei ^a   Guttigoli, Amit ^a   Lerman, Bruce B ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardioversion

Indexed keywords

IBUTILIDE;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SHOCK WAVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TORSADE DES POINTES; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAVEFORM;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HUMANS; SULFONAMIDES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1342302428     PISSN: 13852264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CEPR.0000012397.29446.16     Document Type: Article

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