A proposal for new clinical concepts in the management of atrial fibrillation

American Heart Journal

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Camm, A John ^a   Al Khatib, Sana M ^b   Calkins, Hugh ^c   Halperin, Jonathan L ^d   Kirchhof, Paulus ^e,f   Lip, Gregory Y H ^e   Nattel, Stanley ^g   Ruskin, Jeremy ^h   Banerjee, Amitava ^e   Blendea, Dan ^g   Guasch, Eduard ^h   Needleman, Matthew ^c   Savelieva, Irina ^a   Viles Gonzalez, Juan ^d   Williams, Eric S ⁱ  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; KCNN3 PROTEIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZFHX3 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84866318589     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.05.017     Document Type: Review

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