Electrical cardioversion for persistent or chronic atrial fibrillation: Outcome and clinical factors predicting short and long term success rate

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 389-394

  Blich, Miry ^a   Edoute, Yeouda ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Clinical factors; Electrical cardioversion

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVERSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33344467869     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.03.057     Document Type: Article

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