Prevalence of atrial fibrillation in the general population and in high-risk groups: The ECHOES study

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1553-1559

  Davis, Russell C ^a   Hobbs, F D Richard ^b   Kenkre, Joyce E ^c   Roalfe, Andrea K ^b   Iles, Rachel ^b   Lip, Gregory Y H ^a   Davies, Michael K ^d  

^a SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Mortality; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865451886     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus087     Document Type: Article

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