The pivotal roles of risk factors for incident atrial fibrillation: Interweaving pieces of puzzle

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2937-2938

  Balta, Sevket ^a   Demirkol, Sait ^a   Unlu, Murat ^a   Celik, Turgay ^a   Cakar, Mustafa ^a   Iyisoy, Atila ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Left atrial enlargement; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY;

EID: 84885574695     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.03.176     Document Type: Article

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