Mortality of patients with lone and idiopathic atrial fibrillation is similar to mortality in general population of Serbia

Vojnosanitetski Pregled

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 132-135

  Potpara, Tatjana ^a   Grujić, Miodrag ^a   Marinković, Jelena ^b   Vujisić Tešić, Bosiljka ^a   Ostojić, Miodrag ^a   Polovina, Marija ^a  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Mortality; Serbia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; DEATH; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; POPULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SERBIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 76249089407     PISSN: 00428450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/VSP1002132P     Document Type: Article

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