Impact of congestive heart failure and left ventricular systolic function on the prognostic significance of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter following acute myocardial infarction

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-71

  Pedersen, Ole Dyg ^a   Bagger, Henning ^b   Køber, Lars ^c   Torp Pedersen, Christian ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Atrial fibrillation flutter; Congestive heart failure; Left ventricular systolic function

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL;

EID: 16844365219     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.06.015     Document Type: Article

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