Atrial fibrillation requiring urgent medical care. Approach and outcome in the various departments of admission. Data from the atrial Fibrillation/flutter Italian REgistry (FIRE)

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 205-213

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Pellegrino, L ^l   Ferrara, V ^l   Santoro, V ^l   Giorda, G ^l   Boscia, F ^l   Dalena, G ^l   Cristallo, E ^l   Campanella, G ^l   Fanelli, R ^l   Cianfrone, N ^l   Vergallo, L ^l   Renna, A ^l   De Lorenzi, E ^l   Falco, M ^l   Bux, F ^l   Troso, F ^l   Galati, A ^l   Accogli, M ^l   Tantalo, L ^aj   Rossi, O ^aj   Contuzzi, V ^ak   Centoze, G ^ak   D'Alessandro, B ^l   Lapolla, A ^l   Barbuzzi, S ^l   Capogrosso, V ^l   Cosentino, N ^l   Mingrone, A ^l   Calcaterra, V ^l   Ariganello, M ^l   Sollazzo, G ^l   Matta, M ^l   Schirripa, V ^l   Rossi, M ^l   Tassone, F ^l   Aguglia, D ^l   Adornato, E ^l   Oddo, A ^l   Salituri, S ^l   Filacchione, C ^l   Musolino, M ^l   Marrari, A ^l   Raffaele, A ^l   Sama N ^l   Donnangelo, L ^l   Aragona, P ^l   Mossuti, E ^l   Nobile, E ^l   Malluzzo, L ^l   Cutaia, A ^l   Giuffrida, G ^l   Giuliano, A ^l   Mangiameli, S ^l   Gulizia, M ^l   Moncada, M ^l   Ciciulla, S ^l   Di Giovanni, N ^l   Emmola, M ^l   Cavallaro, L ^l   Satullo, G ^l   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^a SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^c Civic Hospital   (Italy)

^d SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Civic Hospital   (Italy)

^f SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g ANMCO RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^j Osp Infermi   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^l Piemonte: Acqui ^*

^m Pavia San Matteo Cardiologia   (Italy)

ⁿ Firenze Careggi Clinica Medica e Cardiologia   (Italy)

^o Napoli Loreto Mare   (Italy)

^p IRCCS   (Italy)

^q Basilicata: Matera Divisione Cardiologia   (Italy)

^r Matera Servizio Cardiologia   (Italy)

^s Firenze Careggi Clinica Medica e Cardiologia   (Italy)

^t Ancona Lancisi II Cardiologia   (Italy)

^u NUOVO REGINA MARGHERITA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^v Roma San Camillo Servizio   (Italy)

^w Roma San Camillo Divisione   (Italy)

^x Roma San Giacomo in Augusta   (Italy)

^y Roma San Giovanni   (Italy)

^z SPietro FBF Hospital   (Italy)

^aa Day Hospital Onco Ematologico   (Italy)

^ab FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^ac Napoli Monaldi Cardiologia   (Italy)

^ad Napoli Monaldi Medicina   (Italy)

^ae Napoli Loreto Mare   (Italy)

^af Napoli Nuovo dei Pellegrini   (Italy)

^ag Napoli San Gennaro   (Italy)

^ah POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^ai Bari San Paolo Servizio Cardiologia   (Italy)

^aj Basilicata: Matera Divisione Cardiologia   (Italy)

^ak Matera Servizio Cardiologia   (Italy)

^al Palermo Civico e Benefratelli   (Italy)

^am Palermo GF Ingrassia   (Italy)

^an Policlinico Palermo   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Cardioversion; Digoxin; Epidemiology; Sinus rhythm

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVERSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMITTING DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4644327283     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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