This Article Corrects: “Just Missing the Mark: Discharging High-risk Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter without Thromboprophylaxis”
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Just Missing the Mark: Discharging High-risk Atrial Fibrillation / Flutter without Thromboprophylaxis
Atrial fibrillation and flutter (AF) is a pervasive disease affecting 6.1 million people in the United States.1 Each year it is responsible for more than 750,000 hospitalizations and 130,000 deaths.2,3 In contrast to overall declining death rates for cardiovascular disease,4 AF as the “primary or contributing cause of death has been rising for more than two decades.”3 The annual economic burden...
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عنوان ژورنال: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1936-9018
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2019.1.42252