Influence of heart rate on quality of life in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Jaber, Jefferson ^a   Cirenza, Claudio ^a   Jaber, Jeffrey ^a   Amaral, Alessandro ^a   De Sousa, José Marconi Almeida ^a   Filho, Japy A Oliveira ^a   De Paola, Angelo A V ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN;

6 MINUTE WALK TEST; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 77950848979     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: 19328737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20528     Document Type: Article

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