Effectiveness of Atrial Fibrillation as an Independent Predictor of Death and Coronary Events in Patients Having Coronary Angiography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-40

  Marte, Thomas ^a,b   Saely, Christoph H ^a,b,c   Schmid, Fabian ^a,c   Koch, Lorena ^a   Drexel, Heinz ^a,b,c,d  

^a Vorarlberg Institute for Vascular Investigation and Treatment   (Austria)

^b ACADEMIC TEACHING HOSPITAL FELDKIRCH   (Austria)

^c Private University in the Principality of Liechtenstein   (Liechtenstein)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUSTRIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149458308     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.08.028     Document Type: Article

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