Cardioversion of acute atrial fibrillation in the emergency department: A prospective randomised trial

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 188-191

  Bellone, Andrea ^a   Etteri, Massimiliano ^a   Vettorello, Marco ^b   Bonetti, Chiara ^a   Clerici, Dante ^a   Gini, Giancarlo ^a   Maino, Carlo ^a   Mariani, Massimo ^a   Natalizi, Anna ^a   Nessi, Italo ^a   Rampoldi, Alessandro ^a   Colombo, Livio ^c  

^a VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^c SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPAFENONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINUS RHYTHM; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPAFENONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84857374179     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2010.109702     Document Type: Article

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