Admissions with atrial fibrillation: Disease patterns and outcomes in a District General Hospital [1]

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-154

  Mitra, Rito ^a   Leatham, E W ^a  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; CARDIOVERSION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEPSIS; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 14144252117     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hci021     Document Type: Letter

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