Frequency of Interatrial Block in Patients With Sinus Rhythm Hospitalized for Stroke and Comparison to Those Without Interatrial Block

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-52

  Ariyarajah, Vignendra ^a,b   Apiyasawat, Sirin ^c   Najjar, Husam ^c   Mercado, Kristin ^c   Puri, Puneet ^c   Spodick, David H ^c,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOSIS; THROMBUS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33845867997     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.07.060     Document Type: Article

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