Cancer is an insufficiently recognized risk factor for atrial fibrillation

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 312-313

  Koracevic, Goran P ^a  

^a Medical Faculty   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DOCETAXEL; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE; IFOSFAMIDE; MELPHALAN;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; CANCER PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; INFLAMMATION; INTOXICATION; LETTER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STRESS; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX TUMOR;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84858702371     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2010.05.080     Document Type: Letter

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