Electrocardiographic differentiation of atrial flutter from atrial fibrillation by physicians

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 315-319

  Knight, Bradley P ^a,b   Michaud, Gregory F ^a   Strickberger, S Adam ^a   Morady, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Electrocardiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032752201     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0736(99)90002-X     Document Type: Article

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