Premature ventricular complexes and the risk of incident stroke: The atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 588-593

  Agarwal, Sunil K ^a   Heiss, Gerardo ^a   Rautaharju, Pentti M ^b   Shahar, Eyal ^c   Massing, Mark W ^a   Simpson Jr , Ross J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Premature ventricular complexes; Risk factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN EMBOLISM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SMOKING; STROKE; THROMBOSIS;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 77950208122     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.567800     Document Type: Article

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