Cardioversion for Atrial Fibrillation: Views of Geriatricians, Cardioilogsts and General Physicians
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Cardioversion for atrial fibrillation: the views of consultant physicians, geriatricians and cardiologists.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS Atrial fibrillation (AF) increases the risk of stroke and also has adverse haemodynamic consequences. Cardioversion of AF to sinus rhythm may obviate the need for long-term anticoagulation and improve cardiovascular haemodynamics, but is probably underused. We therefore investigated the views of hospital consultants about cardioversion for AF. METHODS 336 Postal questionna...
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عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0002-0729,1468-2834
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/27.suppl_2.24-b