Emergency department management and 1-year outcomes of patients with atrial flutter

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Scheuermeyer, Frank Xavier ^a,c   Grafstein, Eric ^a   Heilbron, Brett ^a   Innes, Grant ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIGOXIN; PROPAFENONE; SOTALOL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957773180     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.09.027     Document Type: Article

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