The effect of patient sex on recurrence of atrial fibrillation following successful direct current cardioversion

American Heart Journal

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 155.e9-155.e13

  Gurevitz, Osnat T ^b   Varadachari, Chitra J ^a   Ammash, Naser M ^a   Malouf, Joseph F ^a   Rosales, A Gabriela ^a   Herges, Regina M ^a   Bruce, Charles J ^a   Somers, Virend K ^a   Hammill, Stephen C ^a   Gersh, Bernard J ^a   Friedman, Paul A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 33745668427     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2006.04.030     Document Type: Article

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