Supraventricular ectopy and recurrence of atrial fibrillation after electrical cardioversion

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 341-344

  Chong, James J H ^a   Kumar, Saurabh ^a   Thomas, Liza ^a   Thomas, Stuart ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardioversion; Supraventricular ectopy

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BISOPROLOL; CARVEDILOL; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; FLECAINIDE; METOPROLOL; SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; ATRIAL PREMATURE COMPLEXES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745474386     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eul008     Document Type: Article

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