Detection of patients at risk for recurrence of atrial fibrillation after successful electrical cardioversion by signal-averaged p-wave ecg

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-185

  Opolski, Grzegorz ^a   Ścisło, Piotr ^a   Stanisławska, Jolanta ^a   Górecki, Aleksander ^a   Steckiewicz, Roman ^a   Torbicki, Adam ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chronic atrial fibrillation; Electrical cardioversion; Signal averaged P wave ECG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 19244376884     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(97)02982-3     Document Type: Article

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