Relation of obesity to recurrence rate and burden of atrial fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 579-582

  Guglin, Maya ^a   Maradia, Kuldeep ^a   Chen, Ren ^a   Curtis, Anne B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVERSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COST OF ILLNESS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; RECURRENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79551689594     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.10.018     Document Type: Article

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