Prospective assessment of the minimum energy needed for external electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 815-816

  Ricard, Philippe ^a,b   Lévy, Samuel ^a,b   Trigano, Jacques ^a,b   Paganelli, Franck ^a,b   Daoud, Emile ^a,b   Man, K Ching ^a,b   Strickberger, S Adam ^a,b   Morady, Fred ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 17144461384     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00879-X     Document Type: Article

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