The risk for acute coronary syndrome associated with atrial fibrillation among ED patients with chest pain syndromes

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 523-528

  Brown, Aaron M ^a   Sease, Keara L ^a   Robey, Jennifer L ^a   Shofer, Frances S ^a   Hollander, Judd E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEST PAIN; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34249659003     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2006.09.015     Document Type: Article

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