Prevalence and predictors of atrial fibrillation in rheumatic valvular heart disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 96-98

  Diker, Erdem ^a,b   Aydogdu, Sinan ^a   Özdemir, Murat ^a   Kural, Tevfik ^a   Polat, Kadir ^a   Cehreli, Sengul ^a   Erdogan, Ali ^a   Göksel, Siber ^a  

^a TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Cadde (Taskent Cad)   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0030045637     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)89145-X     Document Type: Article

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