Effect of electrode position on the outcome of cardioversion

Cardiac Electrophysiology Review

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 292-296

  Kirchhof, Paulus ^a   Borggrefe, Martin ^b,c   Breithardt, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Electric countershock; Randomized clinical trial

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SHOCK WAVE; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAVEFORM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRODES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 1342344854     PISSN: 13852264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CEPR.0000012399.96959.ab     Document Type: Article

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