Practice spotlight: Pharmacists in a multidisciplinary atrial fibrillation clinic

Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 370-371

  Shalansky, Stephen ^a   Basi, Sonia ^a   Yu, Christine ^a  

^a Pharmacy Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART RATE AND RHYTHM; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARMACIST; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

EID: 84881626753     PISSN: 00084123     EISSN: 19202903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4212/cjhp.v64i5.1074     Document Type: Article

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