Reproducibility of internal atrial defibrillation threshold in paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 267-272

  Villani, Giovanni Quinto ^a   Piepoli, Massimo Francesco ^a   Capucci, Alessandro ^a  

^a GUGLIELMO DA SALICETO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Electrophysiological study; Internal cardioversion

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DIGOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CYCLE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 3142671270     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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