title: Pharmacological and electrical conversion of atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm is worth the effort.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Elad
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Anter
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Callans
authors.forename: D George
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Wyse
mesh_terms: D001146:Arrhythmia, Sinus / Q000517:prevention & control; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D003657:Decision Making; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000379:methods*; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling / Q000502:physiology*