ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE: DEFECTS OF ECG INTERPRETATION
https://doi.org/10.29001/2073-8552-2019-34-2-99-105
Abstract
The article focuses on the defects of diagnosing atrial fibrillation in clinical practice. A series of clinical cases suggesting ECGbased overdiagnosis of atrial fibrillation and associated unreasonable therapy with oral anticoagulants is presented.
About the Authors
N. Yu. Khorkova
Tyumen Cardiology Research Center, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Cand. Sci. (Med.), Researcher, Heart Arrhythmias Department, Research Division of Instrumental Methods of Diagnostics; Cardiologist, Department of Interventional Arrhythmology
111, Melnikaite str., Tyumen, 625026, Russian Federation
V. E. Kharats
Tyumen Cardiology Research Center, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Cand. Sci. (Med.), Senior Researcher, Heart Arrhythmias Department, Research Division of Instrumental Methods of Diagnostics; Cardiologist and Head of the Department of Interventional Arrhythmology
111, Melnikaite str., Tyumen, 625026, Russian Federation
T. P. Gizatulina
Tyumen Cardiology Research Center, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dr. Sci. (Med.), Head of the Heart Arrhythmias Department, Research Division of Instrumental Methods of Diagnostics
111, Melnikaite str., Tyumen, 625026, Russian Federation
O. A. Khrushcheva
Tyumen Cardiology Research Center, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Junior Researcher, Heart Arrhythmias Department, Research Division of Instrumental Methods of Diagnostics; Cardiologist, Department of Interventional Arrhythmology
111, Melnikaite str., Tyumen, 625026, Russian Federation
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Khorkova N.Yu., Kharats V.E., Gizatulina T.P., Khrushcheva O.A. ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE: DEFECTS OF ECG INTERPRETATION. Siberian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine. 2019;34(2):99-105. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.29001/2073-8552-2019-34-2-99-105
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