Editorial: 'Where there's smoke..': Are premature ventricular complexes a new risk factor for stroke?

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 572-573

  Worthington, John M ^a,c   Gattellari, Melina ^b,c,d   Leung, Dominic Y ^a,c  

^a Liverpool Health Service   (Australia)

^b Urban Research Institute Southern Research Centre Queensland Research Centre   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmia; Cohort studies; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLUCOSE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; STROKE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 77950273953     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.574426     Document Type: Editorial

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