Characteristics of patients presenting to a cardiac clinic with palpitation

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-123

  Mayou, R ^b   Sprigings, D ^a   Birkhead, J ^a   Price, J ^b  

^a NORTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXTRASYSTOLE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINUS RHYTHM; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0037291147     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcg017     Document Type: Article

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