Carotid atherosclerosis and incident atrial fibrillation

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2660-2665

  Willeit, Karin ^a   Pechlaner, Raimund ^a   Egger, Georg ^b   Weger, Siegfried ^b   Oberhollenzer, Martin ^b   Willeit, Johann ^a   Kiechl, Stefan ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b BRUNECK HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; atrial fibrillation; epidemiology; population; prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; POPULATION; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84887069960     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.113.302272     Document Type: Article

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