New-onset paroxysmal atrial fibrillation associated with smoked opium

American Journal of Case Reports

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages 198-200

  Mohaddeseh Behjati, M ^a   Hashemi, Mohammad ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Opium; Ventricular response

Indexed keywords

PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; HEADACHE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULSE RATE; SINUS RHYTHM; VERTIGO;

EID: 78249265362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19415923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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