Low atrial fibrillatory rate is associated with spontaneous conversion of recent-onset atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1445-1452

  Choudhary, Mariam B ^a   Holmqvist, Fredrik ^a,b   Carlson, Jonas ^a   Nilsson, Hans Jörgen ^b   Roijer, Anders ^b   Platonov, Pyotr G ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial fibrillatory rate; First ever atrial fibrillation episode; Ischaemic heart disease; Recent onset atrial fibrillation; Spontaneous conversion; Time frequency analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATORY RATE; CARDIOVERSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE AND RHYTHM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECENT ONSET ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS RHYTHM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATORY RATE; FIRST-EVER ATRIAL FIBRILLATION EPISODE; ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE; RECENT-ONSET ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; SPONTANEOUS CONVERSION; TIME FREQUENCY ANALYSIS;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885013167     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eut057     Document Type: Article

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