10 Steps before you refer for palpitations

British Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 182-186

  Wolff, Andreas ^a   Cowan, Campbell ^b  

^a Westcliffe Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; COCAINE; LEVOTHYROXINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; THEOPHYLLINE;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOLOGIST; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FAMILY HISTORY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 68549122626     PISSN: 09696113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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