Multiple shocks affect thoracic electrical impedance during external cardioversion of atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 371-377

  Fumagalli, Stefano ^a   Tarantini, Francesca ^a   Caldi, Francesca ^a   Makhanian, Yasmine ^a   Padeletti, Margherita ^a   Boncinelli, Lorenzo ^a   Valoti, Paolo ^a   Di Serio, Claudia ^a   Pellerito, Silvia ^a   Padeletti, Luigi ^a   Barold, S Serge ^b   Marchionni, Niccolò ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardioversion; Cytokines; Inflammation; Thoracic impedance

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SHOCK; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61449120267     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.02246.x     Document Type: Article

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