Resting heart rate and physical activity as risk factors for lone atrial fibrillation: A prospective study of 309 540 men and women

Heart

Volumn 99, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 1755-1760

  Thelle, Dag S ^a,b,c   Selmer, Randi ^c   Gjesdal, Knut ^a   Sakshaug, Solveig ^c   Jugessur, Astanand ^c,d   Graff Iversen, Sidsel ^c,e   Tverdal, Aage ^c   Nystad, Wenche ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLECAINIDE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NORWAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESTING HEART RATE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FLECAINIDE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOTALOL;

EID: 84888062728     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-303825     Document Type: Article

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