Differential Diagnosis of Palpitations: Preliminary Development of a Screening Instrument

Archives of Family Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 241-245

  Barsky, Arthur J ^a,b   Ahern, David K ^a,c   Delamater, Beth A ^b   Clancy, Susan A ^b   Bailey, E Duff ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031135071     PISSN: 10633987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfami.6.3.241     Document Type: Article

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