Optimal timing of electrical cardioversion in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Naji, Franjo ^a   Vokac, Damijan ^a   Kanic, Vojko ^a   Sabovic, Miso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial fibrillation duration; Electrical cardioversion; Sinus rhythm

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECURRENCE RISK; SINUS RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77958093068     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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