Pathophysiology, epidemiology and complications of atrial fibrillation;PATHOPHYSIOLOGIE, EPIDEMIOLOGIE UND KOMPLIKATIONEN DES VORHOFFLIMMERNS

Internist

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 2-11

  Perings, Ch ^a   Hennersdorf, M ^a   Vester, E G ^a   Weirich, J ^b   Strauer, B E ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; REVIEW; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CAUSALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031915238     PISSN: 00209554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001080050137     Document Type: Review

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