A peculiar medical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation with glucose infusion-a rare cause of atrial fibrillation: Hypoglycemia

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 134.e1-134.e3

  Celebi, Savas ^a   Celebi, Ozlem Ozcan ^a   Aydogdu, Sinan ^b   Diker, Erdem ^c  

^a Tokat State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c International Medicana Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INFUSION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; VITAL SIGN;

EID: 78649927343     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2010.02.012     Document Type: Article

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