Brief episodes of silent atrial fibrillation predict clinical vascular brain disease in type 2 diabetic patients

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 525-530

  Marfella, Raffaele ^a   Sasso, Ferdinando Carlo ^a   Siniscalchi, Mario ^b   Cirillo, Mario ^a   Paolisso, Pasquale ^a   Sardu, Celestino ^a   Barbieri, Michelangela ^a   Rizzo, Maria Rosaria ^a   Mauro, Ciro ^a   Paolisso, Giuseppe ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; cerebrovascular disease; diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

48-H ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC HOLTER MONITORING; 48HM; AF; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CI; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETES; ECG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC; HAZARD RATIO; HR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MRI; ODDS RATIO; OR; SCI; SILENT CEREBRAL INFARCT;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84881109105     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.02.091     Document Type: Article

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