A simple and portable algorithm for identifying atrial fibrillation in the electronic medical record

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 221-225

  Khurshid, Shaan ^a   Keaney, John ^a   Ellinor, Patrick T ^a   Lubitz, Steven A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICD-9; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84949817971     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.10.031     Document Type: Article

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