Prediction of successful cardioversion and maintenance of sinus rhythm in patients with lone atrial fibrillation

Chest

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 488-494

  Paraskevaidis, Ioannis A ^a,b   Dodouras, Thomas ^a   Tsiapras, Dimitrios ^a   Kremastinos, Dimitrios T ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^b Cardiology Department   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Left atrial appendage flow; Mitral annulus motion

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITRAL VALVE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTOLE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13644263397     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.127.2.488     Document Type: Article

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