The prognostic significance of exercise-induced atrial arrhythmias

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1236-1240

  Bunch, T Jared ^a   Chandrasekaran, Krishnaswamy ^a   Gersh, Bernard J ^a   Hammill, Stephen C ^a   Hodge, David O ^a   Khan, Akbar H ^a   Packer, Douglas L ^a   Pellikka, Patricia A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

AE; AF; Atrial ectopy; Atrial fibrillation; CI; Confidence interval; ECG; Electrocardiogram electrocardiographic; Hazard ratio; HR; Left ventricular; LV; MACE; Major adverse cardiac events; MI; Myocardial infarction; Supraventricular tachycardia; SVT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1842582812     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2003.10.054     Document Type: Article

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