Sternal fracture after elective electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 261-262

  Vollmann, Dirk ^a,b   Lüthje, Lars ^a   Seegers, Joachim ^a   Sohns, Christian ^a   Dorenkamp, Marc ^a   Vafa, Ali ^a   Zabel, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

AGED; ANALGESIA; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LETTER; SEDATION; SINUS RHYTHM; STERNUM; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; STERNUM;

EID: 79954613021     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-010-0251-6     Document Type: Letter

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