Short-term risk of arrhythmias among emergency department syncope patients with non-sinus rhythm

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 12-14

  Thiruganasambandamoorthy, Venkatesh ^a,b   Kwong, Kenneth ^a   Stiell, Ian G ^a,b   Swampillai, Janice ^c   Toarta, Cristian ^d   Sumner, Glen L ^e   Kuriachan, Vikas P ^e   Mukarram, Muhammad ^b   Taljaard, Monica ^a,b   Hazra, Samir ^a   Wells, George A ^a   Sheldon, Robert ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

30 day risk; Mortality; Non sinus rhythm; Prognosis; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY CARE; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINUS NODE DISEASE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; AGE; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MARKOV CHAIN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA, SINUS; TRENDS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA, SINUS;

EID: 84929192505     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.388     Document Type: Article

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