Integrated narrative and evidence based case report: Case report of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and anticoagulation

British Medical Journal

Volumn 325, Issue 7371, 2002, Pages 1018-1020

  Reis, Shmuel ^a   Hermoni, Doron ^a   Livingstone, Pnina ^b   Borkan, Jeffrey ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Rebecca Sieff Government Hospital   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; STROKE; SYNCOPE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ASPIRIN; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SYNCOPE; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0037010347     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7371.1018     Document Type: Short Survey

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