Symptoms and functional status of patients with atrial fibrillation: State of the art and future research opportunities

Circulation

Volumn 125, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 2933-2943

  Rienstra, Michiel ^a,b,c   Lubitz, Steven A ^a   Mahida, Saagar ^a   Magnani, Jared W ^c,d   Fontes, João D ^c,d   Sinner, Moritz F ^a,c,d,e   Van Gelder, Isabelle C ^b,f   Ellinor, Patrick T ^a   Benjamin, Emelia J ^c,d,g  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FATIGUE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOLOGY; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84862136315     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.069450     Document Type: Review

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