Carotid intima-media thickness is associated with incidence of hospitalized atrial fibrillation

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 673-678

  Adamsson Eryd, Samuel ^a   Östling, Gerd ^a   Rosvall, Maria ^a   Persson, Margaretha ^a   Smith, J Gustav ^a   Melander, Olle ^a   Hedblad, Bo ^a   Engström, Gunnar ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Epidemiology; Intima media thickness; Population; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DIET; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; OVERWEIGHT; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; COMORBIDITY; DIET; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84896295864     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.01.050     Document Type: Article

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