Prevalence of electrocardiographic findings in elderly individuals: The Sao Paulo aging & health study;Prevalencia de hallazgos electrocardiográficos en el paciente añoso: Estudio envejecimiento y Salud de São Paulo

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Kawabata Yoshihara, Liz A ^a   Benseñor, Isabela M ^a   Kawabata, Vitor S ^a   Menezes, Paulo R ^a   Scazufca, Marcia ^a   Lotufo, Paulo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aged; Atrial fibrillation; Bundle branch block; Coronary disease; Electrocardiography

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAZIL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PREVALENCE; Q WAVE;

EID: 77950980021     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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