Is there an association between external cardioversions and long-term mortality and morbidity?: Insights from the atrial fibrillation follow-up investigation of rhythm management study

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 465-469

  Elayi, Claude S ^a   Whitbeck, Matthew G ^a   Charnigo, Richard ^a   Shah, Jignesh ^a   Macaulay, Tracy E ^a   Morales, Gustavo ^a   Gurley, John C ^a   Kakavand, Bahram ^a   Thal, Sergio ^b   Ching, Chi Keong ^c   Khaykin, Yaariv ^d   Verma, Atul ^d   Barrett, Conor ^e   Bai, Rong ^f   Biase, Luigi Di ^f   Patwardhan, Abhijit ^a   Moliterno, David J ^a   Natale, Andrea ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^d SOUTHLAKE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Cardioversion; Death; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RHYTHM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; DEFIBRILLATOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DIGOXIN; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 80054028237     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.110.960591     Document Type: Article

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