Outpatient electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation: Efficacy, safety and patients' quality of life

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 26-30

  Siaplaouras, Stephanos ^a   Buob, Axel ^a   Heisel, Armin ^b   Böhm, Michael ^a   Jung, Jens ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Reinhard Nieter Krankenhaus Stadtische Kliniken gGmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Electrical cardioversion; Outpatient; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDATION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26044435935     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.10.044     Document Type: Article

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