P wave and the development of atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-294

  Ishida, Katsuya ^a   Hayashi, Hideki ^a   Miyamoto, Akashi ^a   Sugimoto, Yoshihisa ^a   Ito, Makoto ^a   Murakami, Yoshitaka ^a   Horie, Minoru ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrium; Electrocardiography; Fibrillation; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; P WAVE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 76849087970     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.11.012     Document Type: Article

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