Electrical cardioversion for atrial fibrillation improves microvascular flow independent of blood pressure changes

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 799-803

  Elbers, Paul W G ^a,c   Prins, Wilhelmina B ^a   Plokker, Herbert W M ^a   Van Dongen, Eric P A ^a   Van Iterson, Mat ^a   Ince, Can ^b  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; blood pressure; electrical cardioversion; microcirculation; sidestream darkfield imaging

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; FLECAINIDE; SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PERFUSION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULATURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH FLOOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84865733552     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: 15328422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2012.04.016     Document Type: Article

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