Epidemiology and ætiology of atrial fibrillation;Épidémiologie et étiologie de la fibrillation atriale

Revue du Praticien

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1295-1300

  Mabo, Philippe ^a   Pavin, Dominique ^a   Leclercq, Christophe ^a  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SINUS RHYTHM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; AGE; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 2242418043     PISSN: 00352640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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