Association of left ventricular hypertrophy and chronic atrial fibrillation with the incidence of new thromboembolic stroke in 2,384 older persons

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 468-469

  Aronow, Wilbert S ^a,b   Ahn, Chul ^c   Kronzon, Itzhak ^d   Gutstein, Hal ^a  

^a HEBREW HOSPITAL HOME   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033566634     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00336-7     Document Type: Article

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