Paddle position in emergency cardioversion of atrial fibrillation

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-46

  Potier de la Morandiere, Katherine ^a   Morriss, Henry ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SINUS RHYTHM; THORAX PAIN; EMERGENCY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS;

EID: 12344331826     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.021170     Document Type: Short Survey

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