Prevalence of premature ventricular contractions in a population of African American and white men and women: The Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) study

American Heart Journal

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 535-540

  Simpson Jr , Ross J ^a   Cascio, Wayne E ^a   Schreiner, Pamela J ^d   Crow, Richard S ^d   Rautaharju, Pentti M ^c   Heiss, Gerardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c EPICARE Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036184638     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2002.120298     Document Type: Article

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