Blood count in new onset atrial fibrillation after acute myocardial infarction - A hypothesis generating study

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 139, Issue APR, 2014, Pages 579-584

  Distelmaier, Klaus ^a   Maurer, Gerald ^a   Goliasch, Georg ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Myocardial infarction; Red blood cell count

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SIZE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; CYTOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEART INFARCTION; METABOLISM; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HEMOGLOBIN;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84902159813     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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