Cardioversion of acute atrial fibrillation in the short observation unit: Comparison of a protocol focused on electrical cardioversion with simple antiarrhythmic treatment

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 932-937

  Cristoni, Lorenzo ^a   Tampieri, Andrea ^a   Mucci, Fabrizio ^a   Iannone, Primiano ^a   Venturi, Alessandro ^b   Cavazza, Mario ^b   Lenzi, Tiziano ^a  

^a Emergency Department   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ENOXAPARIN; FLECAINIDE; PROPAFENONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 80054716560     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.083196     Document Type: Article

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