Age and gender influences on rate and duration of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 11 II, 1998, Pages 2455-2458

  Hnatkova, Katerina ^a   Waktare, Johan E P ^a   Murgatroyd, Francis D ^a   Guo, Xiahoua ^a   Camm, A John ^a   Malik, Marek ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging effects; Atrial fibrillation; Gender influences; Holter recording

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; DIGOXIN; DISOPYRAMIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATENOLOL; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIGOXIN; DISOPYRAMIDE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031756568     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb01200.x     Document Type: Article

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