Could exercise be a new strategy to revert some patients with atrial fibrillation?

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-60

  Gates, P ^a   Al Daher, S ^b   Ridley, D ^b   Black, A ^b  

^a Neuroscience Department   (United Kingdom)

^b BARWON HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardioversion; Coronary artery disease; Exercise stress testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 76749102930     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.01940.x     Document Type: Article

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