Differential Recovery of Regional Atrial Contraction After Restoration of Sinus Rhythm After Intraoperative Linear Radiofrequency Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 528-534

  Boyd, Anita C ^a   Schiller, Nelson B ^b   Ross, David L ^c   Thomas, Liza ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus   (United States)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DIGOXIN; SOTALOL;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SINUS RHYTHM; VELOCITY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59049090567     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.10.021     Document Type: Article

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