A formula for the stratified selection of patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in the emergency setting: A retrospective pilot study

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 374-379

  Perrea, Despina N ^a   Ekmektzoglou, Konstantinos A ^a   Vlachos, Ioannis S ^a   Tsitsilonis, Serafim ^a   Koudouna, Eleni ^a   Stroumpoulis, Konstantinos ^a   Xanthos, Theodoros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

amiodarone; atrial fibrillation; emergency department; formula; intravenous

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM; STRATIFIED SAMPLE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 79954630991     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.02.062     Document Type: Article

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