Incidence and management of early recurrent atrial fibrillation (ERAF) after transthoracic electrical cardioversion

Europace

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-20

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

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Reinhard Nieter Krankenhaus Stadtische Kliniken gGmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Early recurrent atrial fibrillation (ERAF); Flecainide; Transthoracic cardioversion

Indexed keywords

FLECAINIDE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; EVALUATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FLECAINIDE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042704835     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2003.09.010     Document Type: Article

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