Alcohol consumption and the risk of incident atrial fibrillation among people with cardiovascular disease

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 184, Issue 16, 2012, Pages

  Liang, Yan ^a,b   Mente, Andrew ^a   Yusuf, Salim ^a   Gao, Peggy ^a   Sleight, Peter ^c   Zhu, Jun ^b   Fagard, Robert ^d   Lonn, Eva ^a   Teo, Koon K ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d KU LEUVEN DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; RAMIPRIL; TELMISARTAN;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 84868576515     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.120412     Document Type: Article

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