Management of atrial high-rate episodes detected by cardiac implanted electronic devices

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 701-714

  Freedman, Ben ^a,b   Boriani, Giuseppe ^c   Glotzer, Taya V ^d   Healey, Jeff S ^e   Kirchhof, Paulus ^f,g,h,i   Potpara, Tatjana S ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^g SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANTICOAGULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHA2DS2-VASC SCORE; CHADS2 SCORE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG USE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREND STUDY; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM; HEART RATE; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85034030895     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2017.94     Document Type: Review

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