Atrial fibrillation in heart failure: The chicken or the egg?

Heart

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 535-539

  Balasubramaniam, R ^a   Kistler, P M ^a,b,c,d  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIFIBROTIC AGENT; AZIMILIDE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DRONEDARONE; PIRFENIDONE; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NEUTROPENIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; TORSADE DES POINTES;

EID: 64749093230     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2007.140640     Document Type: Review

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