Format/length: | n3 |
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The heart rate recorded from the first ECG after admission to hospital, whilst in a stable cardiac rhythm i.e. sinus rhythm, or chronic AF. In complete heart block record ventricular rate. Where the presenting rhythm is a treatable tachyarrhythmia, the first stable heart rate after treatment should be used.
Central Cardiac Audit Database (CCAD) item name:
Heart Rate
This data element is also known by these names:
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plural | AMI HEART RATES |