Electrical cardioversion of emergency department patients with atrial fibrillation

Burton, John H.; Vinson, David R.; Drummond, Kate; Strout, Tania D.; Thode, Henry C.; McInturff, Jeff J.

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.02.016

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Volume 44, Issue 1 , Pages 20-30, July 2004

Electrical cardioversion of emergency department patients with atrial fibrillation☆☆☆★★★

From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME (Burton, Drummond, Strout); the Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Medical Centers, Sacramento and Roseville, CA (Vinson, McInturff); and the Department of Emergency Medicine, Health Sciences Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY (Thode). USA

Received 29 October 2003; received in revised form 29 January 2004 and 11 February 2004; accepted 12 February 2004.

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☆ Author contributions: JHB conceived the study. JHB, DRV, TDS, and KD were participants in study design. All authors participated in and were responsible for data retrieval and record query. JHB was responsible for data management for the entire study. Abstract preparation was undertaken by JHB, DRV, KD, and TDS. HCT and JHB performed statistical review and management. JHB, HCT, and DRV were responsible for initial manuscript preparation, with all authors participating in final manuscript editing and submission for publication. JHB takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

☆☆ Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine annual meeting, Boston, MA, May 2003.

★ The authors report this study did not receive any outside funding or support.

★★ Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(04)00179-9

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.02.016