Premature atrial contractions in the general population: Frequency and risk factors

Circulation

Volumn 126, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 2302-2308

  Conen, David ^a   Adam, Martin ^b,c   Roche, Frederic ^d   Barthelemy, Jean Claude ^d   Felber Dietrich, Denise ^e   Imboden, Medea ^b,c   Künzli, Nino ^b,c   Von Eckardstein, Arnold ^f   Regenass, Stephan ^g   Hornemann, Thorsten ^f   Rochat, Thierry ^g,h   Gaspoz, Jean Michel ^h   Probst Hensch, Nicole ^b,c   Carballo, David ^b,h  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^e Swiss Society for Public Health   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; atrial premature complexes; cardiovascular diseases; epidemiology; risk factors

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; SWITZERLAND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL PREMATURE COMPLEXES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84868515625     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.112300     Document Type: Article

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