Effect of Atrial Fibrillation on Outcome in Patients With Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease Referred for Exercise Stress Testing

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1207-1211

  Bouzas Mosquera, Alberto ^a   Peteiro, Jesús ^a   Broullón, Francisco J ^a   Álvarez García, Nemesio ^a   Mosquera, Victor X ^a   Casas, Sheyla ^a   Pérez, Alberto ^a   Méndez, Elizabet ^a   Castro Beiras, Alfonso ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; ST SEGMENT;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950862158     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.12.037     Document Type: Article

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