The Natural History of Lone Atrial Fibrillation

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 317, Issue 11, 1987, Pages 669-674

  Kopecky, Stephen L ^a   Gersh, Bernard J ^a   McGoon, Michael D ^a   Whisnant, Jack P ^a   Holmes, David R ^a   Ilstrup, Duane M ^a   Frye, Robert L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; RISK; STROKE; SURVIVAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0023245690     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198709103171104     Document Type: Article

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