Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 4 , Pages 322-328 , October 2008

A Prospective, Randomized Trial of an Emergency Department Observation Unit for Acute Onset Atrial Fibrillation

  • Wyatt W. Decker, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Wyatt W. Decker, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Genrose G-410, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905; 507-255-6501, fax 507-255-6592
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  • Peter A. Smars, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
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  • Lekshmi Vaidyanathan, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
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  • Deepi G. Goyal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
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  • Eric T. Boie, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
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  • Latha G. Stead, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
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  • Douglas L. Packer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
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  • Thomas D. Meloy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
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  • Andy J. Boggust, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
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  • Luis H. Haro, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
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  • Dennis A. Laudon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
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  • Joseph K. Lobl, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
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  • Annie T. Sadosty, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
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  • Raquel M. Schears, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
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  • Nicola E. Schiebel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
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  • David O. Hodge, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
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  • Win-Kuang Shen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN

Received 21 May 2007 ,Revised 1 November 2007 ,Accepted 12 December 2007.

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 Supervising editor: W. Brian Gibler, MD

 Author contributions: WWD, PAS, DGG, ETB, DLP, TDM, AJB, LHH, DAL, JKL, ATS, RMS, NES, and W-KS made substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data. DOH was responsible for analysis of the data and statistical support. WWD, PAS, LV, LGS, DLP, DOH, and W-KS were responsible for drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content and final approval of the version to be published. WWD takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. This research was funded by a clinical research grant from the Mayo Foundation for Education and Research.

 Publication dates: Available online March 14, 2008.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(07)01871-9

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.12.015

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 4 , Pages 322-328 , October 2008

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