Atrial fibrillation in acute myocardial infarction: A prospective study based on data from a consecutive series of patients admitted to the coronary care unit

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 180-186

  Madias, John E ^a   Patel, Dilip C ^b   Singh, Deovrat ^b  

^a ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

age; atrial fibrillation; coronary artery disease; coronary care unit; left ventricular hypertrophy; myocardial infarction; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0029832464     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960190309     Document Type: Article

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