Subclinical atrial fibrillation and the risk of stroke [5]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1351-1352

  Chiti, Alberto ^a   Orlandi, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VALIDATION PROCESS; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; STROKE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; STROKE;

EID: 84859375743     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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