A first-degree family history in lone atrial fibrillation patients

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 826-830

  Marcus, Gregory M ^a   Smith, Lisa M ^a   Vittinghoff, Eric ^b   Tseng, Zian H ^a   Badhwar, Nitish ^a   Lee, Byron K ^a   Lee, Randall J ^a   Scheinman, Melvin M ^a   Olgin, Jeffrey E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Familial; Family history; Lone atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 44649195151     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.02.016     Document Type: Article

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