Is early cardioversion for atrial fibrillation safe in patients with spontaneous echocardiography contrast?

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 148-152

  Patel, S V ^a   Flaker, Greg ^b  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardioversion; Spontaneous echo contrast; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; BLEEDING; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MECHANISM; EMBOLISM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC CONTRAST; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 42349088144     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20172     Document Type: Review

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