Managing newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation: Rate, rhythm, and risk

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 258-264

  Callahan, Thomas ^a   Baranowski, Brian ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

DRUG EFFECT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 79954469681     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.78a.09165     Document Type: Review

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