Atrial fibrillation, anticoagulation, and electroconvulsive therapy

Convulsive Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-98

  Petrides, Georgios ^a,b   Fink, Max ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Atrial fibrillation; Cardioversion; Electroconvulsive therapy; Heparin; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PREMEDICATION; WARFARIN;

EID: 0029953885     PISSN: 07498055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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