Doppler echocardiographic prediction of recurrent atrial fibrillation following cardioversion

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-166

  Spiecker, Martin ^a   Böhm, Susanne ^a   Börgel, Jan ^a   Grote, Jochen ^a   Görlitz, Sabine ^a   Huesing, Anika ^b   Mügge, Andreas ^a  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A WAVE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VELOCITY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 33750469019     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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