Prevalence of atrial fibrillation in elderly subjects (the Cardiovascular Health Study)

The American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 236-241

  Furberg, Curt D ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Psaty, Bruce M ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Manolio, Teri A ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Gardin, Julius M ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Smith, Vivienne E ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Rautaharju, Pentti M ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c National Heart Lung Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study   (United States)

^d Natl Heart Lung/Blood Institute   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028071517     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(94)90363-8     Document Type: Article

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