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• Published in: Emergency medicine journal : EMJ Vol. 28; no. 10; p. 912
• Main Authors: Binks, Simon, Wyatt, Jonathan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine 01.10.2011; BMJ Publishing Group LTD
• Subjects: Bacterial infections; Blood clots; Children & youth; Emergency medical care; Health risk assessment; Hospitals; Long QT syndrome; Mortality; Nurses; Studies

The authors of a prospective study published in Heart (2011;97:914-17) measured levels of NTproBNP in patients with AF of unknown time of onset and subsequently looked at thrombus formation within the left atrium. Following near drowning, several of the children were not diagnosed with long QT syndr...