Effect of body mass index on defibrillation thresholds for internal cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 370-372

  Kistler, Peter M ^a,b   Sanders, Prashanthan ^a,b   Morton, Joseph B ^a,b   Vohra, Jitendra K ^a,b   Kalman, Jonathan M ^a,b   Sparks, Paul B ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVERSION; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3242674480     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.04.039     Document Type: Article

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