Lone atrial fibrillation: Good, bad, or ugly?

Circulation

Volumn 115, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 3040-3041

  Frost, Lars ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; CARDIOLOGIST; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK; STROKE; SURVIVAL;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34250774978     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.709287     Document Type: Editorial

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