A decrease of enlarged left atrium following cardioversion of atrial fibrillation predicts the long-term maintenance of sinus rhythm;Kardiowersja elektryczna w migotaniu przedsionków. Zmniejszenie siȩ wymiarów powiȩkszonego lewego przedsionka rokuje dobry efekt odległy zabiegu

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 428-439

  Kosior, Dariusz A ^a,e   Szulc, Marcin ^b   Torbicki, Adam ^c,f   Opolski, Grzegorz ^a,e   Rabczenko, Daniel ^d,g   Wysokiński, Andrzej ^h  

^a Department of Cardiology ^*  (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

^e WARSZAWSKI UNIWERSYTET MEDYCZNY   (Poland)

^f INSTYTUT GRU LICY I CHORÓB P UC   (Poland)

^g Instytut Higieny   (Poland)

^h Medical University of Lublin Katedra i Klinika Kardiologii   (Poland)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Echocardiography; Sinus rhythm restoration

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 20444381665     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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