Should rhythm control be preferred in younger atrial fibrillation patients?

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-80

  Chen, Shaojie ^a   Yin, Yuehui ^a   Krucoff, Mitchell W ^b,c  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Treatment strategy

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DILTIAZEM;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84866119803     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-012-9687-0     Document Type: Article

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