Diagnosis and treatment of atrial fibrillation

American Family Physician

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 442-452

  Gutierrez, Cecilia ^a   Blanchard, Daniel G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; APIXABAN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A INHIBITOR; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DABIGATRAN; DABIGATRAN ETEXILATE; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; DOFETILIDE; EDOXABAN; ESMOLOL; FLECAINIDE; IBUTILIDE FUMARATE; PROPAFENONE; RIVAROXABAN; VERAPAMIL; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ABLATION THERAPY; AMPLATZER VASCULAR PLUG; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ASSESSMENT; CARDIOVERSION; CHA2DS2 VASC SCORING SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HAS BLED SCORE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART RATE; HOLTER MONITOR; HOLTER MONITORING; HOME MONITORING; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE DEVICE; P WAVE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PULSE RATE; QRS COMPLEX; RR INTERVAL; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS;

EID: 84987816204     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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