Oral anticoagulation for ECG tremor artefact simulating atrial fibrillation

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 425-429

  Finsterer, Josef ^a,b   Stöllberger, Claudia ^a   Gatterer, Edmund ^a  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^b NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Artefact; Electrocardiogram; Involuntary muscle activity; Parkinson syndrome; Parkinson's disease; Tremor

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; BETAHISTINE; BISOPROLOL; BROMAZEPAM; DOXEPIN; INSULIN; MOXONIDINE; PHENPROCOUMON; PRAMIPEXOL; PRAMIPEXOLE; SIMVASTATIN; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE; TREMOR;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BENZOTHIAZOLES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHENPROCOUMON; THIAZOLES;

EID: 0142026261     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.58.5.2005308     Document Type: Article

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