Gender difference in subjective symptoms related to paroxysmal atrial fibrillation is also detected in postmenopausal women

International Heart Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 669-678

  Sugishita, Kazuro ^a   Uchida, Miwa ^a   Ikeda, Miki ^a   Asakawa, Masako ^a   Sato, Tokutada ^a,b   Ito, Nobuhiko ^a   Hada, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a JR Tokyo General Hospital   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gender difference; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; Postmenopause; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ONSET AGE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33644876790     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.46.669     Document Type: Review

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