Risk of atrial fibrillation as a function of the electrocardiographic PR interval: Results from the Copenhagen ECG Study

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1249-1256

  Nielsen, Jonas Bille ^a   Pietersen, Adrian ^b   Graff, Claus ^c   Lind, Bent ^b   Struijk, Johannes Jan ^c   Olesen, Morten Salling ^a   Haunsø, Stig ^a   Gerds, Thomas Aalexander ^a   Ellinor, Patrick Thomas ^e   Køber, Lars ^d   Svendsen, Jesper Hastrup ^a,d   Holst, Anders Gaarsdal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen ^*  (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Electrocardiography; Gender differences; General population; Marquette 12SL validation; PR interval

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG USE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AF; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR; AV; BMI; BODY MASS INDEX; CGPL; CI; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COPENHAGEN GENERAL PRACTITIONERS' LABORATORY; ECG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENDER DIFFERENCES; GENERAL POPULATION; HAZARD RATIO; HR; INTERQUARTILE RANGE; IQR; MARQUETTE 12SL VALIDATION; PR INTERVAL; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE; WPW;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DENMARK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84883246516     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.04.012     Document Type: Article

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