International consensus on nomenclature and classification of atrial fibrillation; a collaborative project of the working group on arrhythmias and the working group on cardiac pacing of the European Society of Cardiology and the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology

Europace

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-122

  Levy S ^a   Camm, A J ^b   Saksena, S ^b   Aliot, E ^b   Breithardt, G ^b   Crijns, H ^b   Davies, W ^b   Kay, N ^b   Prystowsky, E ^b   Sutton, R ^b   Waldo, A ^b   Wyse, D G ^b  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic therapy; Anticoagulation; Atrial arrhythmias; Atrial flutter

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS GLYCOSIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; NOMENCLATURE; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONSENSUS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NORTH AMERICA; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0347926240     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eupc.2002.0300     Document Type: Article

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