Prevalence of atrial fibrillation in the Portuguese population aged 40 and over: The FAMA study;Prevalência de fibrilhação auricular na populaçâo portuguesa com 40 ou mais anos. Estudo FAMA

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 331-350

  Bonhorst, Daniel ^a   Mendes, Miguel ^b   Adragão, Pedro ^a   De Sousa, João ^a   Primo, João ^c   Leiria, Eva ^d   Rocha, Pedro ^d  

^a Instituto Portugues do Ritmo Cardiaco   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA CRUZ   (Portugal)

^c Associacao Portuguesa de Arritmologia Pacing e Electrofisiologia para a Area de Electrofisiologia   (Portugal)

^d KeyPoint   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Prevalence; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77954212251     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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