Diagnostic approach to palpitations

American Family Physician

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 743-750

  Abbott, Allan V ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UCLA San Bernardino Medical Center   (United States)

^d KAM 317 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CAFFEINE; COCAINE; DIGITALIS; PHENOTHIAZINE; STREET DRUG; THEOPHYLLINE;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANXIETY DISORDER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PANIC; PERICARDITIS; REVIEW; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SYNCOPE; TOBACCO;

ARRHYTHMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HUMANS;

EID: 13944255833     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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