Efficacy of intracavitary cardioversion with high and low energy for chronic atrial fibrillation refractory to external cardioversion;Efficacia della cardioversione endocavitaria ad alta e bassa energia nella fibrillazione atriale cronica refrattaria alla cardioversione transtoracica

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 788-796

  Santini, Massimo ^a   Pandozi, Claudio ^a,c   Altamura, Giuliano ^a   Toscano, Salvatore ^a   Castro, Antonio ^a   Villani, Mauro ^b   Ammirati, Fabrizio ^a   Gentilucci, Giuseppe ^a   Scianaro, Maria Carmela ^a   Magris, Barbara ^a  

^a SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardioversion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HUMAN; MALE; SAFETY; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 7344242646     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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