Emergency department management of atrial fibrillation in the United States Versus Ontario, Canada

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 65, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 2258-2260

  Barrett, Tyler W ^a   Vermeulen, Marian J ^a   Self, Wesley H ^a   Jenkins, Cathy A ^a   Ferreira, Allison J ^a   Atzema, Clare L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929648561     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.01.064     Document Type: Letter

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