Efficacy of transthoracic cardioversion of atrial fibrillation using a biphasic, truncated exponential shock waveform at variable initial shock energies

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1572-1574

  Rashba, Eric J ^a   Gold, Michael R ^b   Crawford, Fred A ^b   Leman, Robert B ^b   Peters, Robert W ^b   Shorofsky, Stephen R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAVEFORM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 13944262527     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.08.044     Document Type: Article

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