Preventing Stroke in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
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- 19 May 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 281 (19) , 1830-1835
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.281.19.1830
Abstract
Atrial fibrillation has been variously described as rebellious palpitations, delirium cordis, and pulsus irregularis perpetuus by physicians since early times.1 In 1906, Einthoven2 reported the first electrocardiographic demonstration of atrial fibrillation. Later, Lewis3,4 and Rothberger and Winterberg5,6 confirmed the relationship between electrocardiographically documented atrial fibrillation and the clinical disorder of a chronic irregularly irregular pulse.Keywords
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