Atrial ectopy as a predictor of incident atrial fibrillation: A cohort study

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 721-728

  Dewland, Thomas A ^a   Vittinghoff, Eric ^a   Mandyam, Mala C ^a   Heckbert, Susan R ^b   Siscovick, David S ^b   Stein, Phyllis K ^c   Psaty, Bruce M ^b   Sotoodehnia, Nona ^b   Gottdiener, John S ^d   Marcus, Gregory M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890305111     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-159-11-201312030-00004     Document Type: Article

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