Atrial fibrillation in women: An analysis of the situation in Spain;Fibrilación auricular en la mujer: Análisis de la situación en España

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia Suplementos

Volumn 8, Issue D, 2008, Pages

  Pérez Villacastín, Julián ^a,c   Del Castillo, Silvia ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE FUENLABRADA   (Spain)

^c Agencia de Investigación Y Sección de Electrofisiología Y Arritmias   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Prevalence; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55249117263     PISSN: 11313587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1131-3587(08)73563-5     Document Type: Article

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