Management of atrial fibrillation in rheumatic valvular heart disease

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-50

  Vora, Amit ^a  

^a Green gagan   (India)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Arrhythmia; Electrophysiology; Maze surgery; Sinus rhythm

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; DRONEDARONE; PLACEBO; XIMELAGATRAN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CONTROL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MITRAL VALVE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VALIDATION STUDY; VALVULOPLASTY;

EID: 32044449158     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hco.0000198985.78508.55     Document Type: Review

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