Estimation of atrial fibrillation recency of onset and safety of cardioversion using NTproBNP levels in patients with unknown time of onset

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 914-917

  Deftereos, Spyridon ^a   Giannopoulos, Georgios ^a   Kossyvakis, Charalampos ^a   Raisakis, Konstantinos ^a   Kaoukis, Andreas ^a   Aggeli, Constadina ^b   Toli, Konstantina ^c   Theodorakis, Andreas ^d   Panagopoulou, Vasiliki ^a   Driva, Metaxia ^a   Mantas, Ioannis ^b   Pyrgakis, Vlasios ^a   Rentoukas, Ilias ^e   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^b  

^a G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c Chalkida General Hospital   (Greece)

^d Mesologgi General Hospital   (Greece)

^e A Fleming General Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955886123     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.214742     Document Type: Article

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