Differential impact of race and risk factors on incidence of atrial fibrillation

American Heart Journal

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-37

  Gbadebo, T David ^a   Okafor, Henry ^b   Darbar, Dawood ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; NEGRO; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960160954     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.03.030     Document Type: Review

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