Atrial fibrillation with symptoms other than palpitations: Incremental diagnostic sensitivity with at-home tele-cardiology assessment for emergency medical service

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 306-313

  Brunetti, Natale Daniele ^a   De Gennaro, Luisa ^a   Pellegrino, Pier Luigi ^a   Dellegrottaglie, Giulia ^b   Antonelli, Gianfranco ^c   Di Biase, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b Cardio on line Europe Srl   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; elderly; emergency medical service; tele cardiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PALPITATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECARDIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CELLULAR PHONE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY;

EID: 84865553990     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741826711406060     Document Type: Article

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