A population-based study of the long-term risks associated with atrial fibrillation: 20-Year follow-up of the Renfrew/Paisley study

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 359-364

  Stewart, Simon ^a   Hart, Carole L ^b   Hole, David J ^b   McMurray, John J V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036797537     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01236-6     Document Type: Article

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