Low atrial fibrillatory rate is associated with poor outcome in patients with mild to moderate heart failure

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-83

  Platonov, Pyotr G ^a,b   Cygankiewicz, Iwona ^c   Stridh, Martin ^b,d   Holmqvist, Fredrik ^a,b   Vazquez, Rafael ^e   Bayes Genis, Antoni ^f   McNitt, Scott ^g   Zareba, Wojciech ^g   De Luna, Antonio Bayes ^h  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^d LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DEL MAR   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial fibrillatory rate; Congestive heart failure; Electrocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84858312913     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.111.964395     Document Type: Article

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