Role of Smoking in the Recurrence of Atrial Arrhythmias After Cardioversion

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 678-682

  Kinoshita, Masayoshi ^a   Herges, Regina M ^a   Hodge, David O ^a   Friedman, Lindsay ^a   Ammash, Naser M ^a   Bruce, Charles J ^a   Somers, Virend ^a   Malouf, Joseph F ^a   Askelin, Jason ^a   Gilles, James A ^a   Gersh, Bernard J ^a   Friedman, Paul A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; COMORBIDITY; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 68749108215     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.04.041     Document Type: Article

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