Effectiveness of atrial fibrillation monitor characteristics to predict severity of symptoms of atrial fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1674-1678

  Patel, Nikhil ^a   Chung, Eugene H ^a   Mounsey, John Paul ^a   Schwartz, Jennifer D ^a   Pursell, Irion ^a   Gehi, Anil K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITOR; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUS RHYTHM; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO ATRIAL FIBRILLATION SEVERITY SCALE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OUTPATIENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84899929705     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2014.02.022     Document Type: Article

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