Incident atrial fibrillation among Asians, hispanics, blacks, and whites

Circulation

Volumn 128, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 2470-2477

  Dewland, Thomas A ^a   Olgin, Jeffrey E ^a   Vittinghoff, Eric ^b   Marcus, Gregory M ^a  

^a Cardiology Division   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; atrial fibrillation; atrial flutter; continental population groups; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; UNITED STATES;

ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; RISK FACTORS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889100346     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.002449     Document Type: Article

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