Update on the management of atrial fibrillation

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 199, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 592-597

  Amerena, John V ^a,b   Walters Tomos, E ^c   Mirzaee, Sam ^d   Kalman, Jonathan M ^c,e  

^a Geelong Cardiology Research Unit   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d BARWON HEALTH   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; APIXABAN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DABIGATRAN; DIGOXIN; FLECAINIDE; PLACEBO; RIVAROXABAN; SOTALOL; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRONCHOSPASM; CATHETER ABLATION; CHA2DS2 VASC SCORE; CHADS2 SCORE; COMORBIDITY; CONSTIPATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SAFETY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HAS BLED SCORE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART BLOCK; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LUNG FIBROSIS; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; QT PROLONGATION; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SINUS RHYTHM; SLEEP DISORDER; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THYROTOXICOSIS; TORSADE DES POINTES; TREMOR; VISUAL DISORDER;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMANS; STROKE;

EID: 84887331184     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.10191     Document Type: Article

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