Secular trends in the prevalence of atrial fibrillation: The Framingham Study

American Heart Journal

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 790-795

  Wolf, Philip A ^a,b   Benjamin, Emelia J ^a,b   Belanger, Albert J ^c   Kannel, William B ^b   Levy, Daniel ^b,d   D'Agostino, Ralph B ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0029979385     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(96)90288-4     Document Type: Article

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