EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ATRIAL-FIBRILLATION IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Authors
LI HG EASLEY A BARRINGTON W WINDLE J
Citation
Hg. Li et al., EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ATRIAL-FIBRILLATION IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, Emergency medicine clinics of North America, 16(2), 1998, pp. 389
Citations number
42
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Emergency medicine clinics of North America → ACNP
ISSN journal
07338627
Volume
16
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0733-8627(1998)16:2<389:EAMOAI>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythm ia.(14,23) It is also the most common form of cardiac arrhythmia physi cians must manage in the emergency department (ED). The adverse conseq uences of AF include loss of atrial contribution to the cardiac output , rapid and irregular ventricular rate, and the risk of thromboembolis m. It has been shown that AF is associated not only with increased mor bidity but also increased mortality.(18,40).