Low heart rates predict incident atrial fibrillation in healthy middle-aged men

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 726-731

  Grundvold, Irene ^a,b,c   Skretteberg, Per Torger ^a,c   Liestøl, Knut ^d   Erikssen, Gunnar ^e   Engeseth, Kristian ^a   Gjesdal, Knut ^a,c   Kjeldsen, Sverre E ^a,c   Arnesen, Harald ^a,b,c   Erikssen, Jan ^c   Bodegard, Johan ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Epidemiology; Exercise test; Heart rate; Men

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BICYCLE; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE TEST; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VAGUS TONE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; MEN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884522712     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.000267     Document Type: Article

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