ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND MORTALITY IN AN ELDERLY POPULATION

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 321-326

  LAKE, F R ^a   CULLEN, K J ^b   de KLERK, N H ^c   McCALL, M G ^d   ROSMAN, D L ^c  

^a Children's Medical Research Foundation ^*  (Australia)

^b Busselton Medical Centre ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; cardiac disease; elderly; mortality; strokes.

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUSTRALIA; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024432562     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1989.tb00271.x     Document Type: Article

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