Health status outcomes after cardioversion for atrial fibrillation: Results from the Assessment of Cardioversion Using Transesophageal Echocardiography (ACUTE) II Trial

American Heart Journal

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 374.e1-374.e6

  Elliott, Daniel J ^a   Zhao, Liping ^b   Jasper, Susan E ^c   Lieber, Elizabeth A ^c   Klein, Allan L ^c   Weintraub, William S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DUKE ACTIVITY STATUS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH UTILITIES INDEX MARK 3; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAND 36; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 47749144694     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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