Incidence of new onset bundle branch block and atrial fibrillation in patients with type 2 diabetes and macrovascular disease: An analysis of the PROactive study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-234

  Pfister, Roman ^a   Michels, Guido ^a   Cairns, Richard ^b   Schneider, Christian A ^a,c   Erdmann, Erland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Isaac Newton Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c PAN Klinik am Neumarkt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Diabetes mellitus; ECG; Incidence

Indexed keywords

PIOGLITAZONE; PLACEBO; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

CLINICAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT POSTERIOR BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MACROVASCULAR DISEASE; MICROANGIOPATHY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LEFT AXIS DEVIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 81755173523     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.09.049     Document Type: Article

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