Frequent premature atrial complexes... truly a benign finding?

Europace

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 305-306

  Barra, Sérgio ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALIBRATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DIZZINESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAINTNESS; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RHYTHM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; LETTER; MORTALITY RATE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREMATURE ATRIAL COMPLEX; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; MALE; MORTALITY; NOTE; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL PREMATURE COMPLEXES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84879738022     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus293     Document Type: Letter

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