Does P-wave dispersion predict the atrial fibrillation occurrence after direct-current shock therapy?

Angiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 93-98

  Ozdemir, Ozcan ^a,b   Soylu, Mustafa ^a   Demir, Ahmet Duran ^a   Alyan, Omer ^a   Topaloǧlu, Serkan ^a   Geyik, Bilal ^a   Kutuk, Emine ^a  

^a TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSIVE THERAPY; DIRECT CURRENT; DISPERSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE; PHYSICIAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 33645276330     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970605700113     Document Type: Article

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