Atrial fibrillation and incident myocardial infarction in the elderly

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 750-755

  O'Neal, Wesley T ^a   Sangal, Kunal ^a   Zhang, Zhu Ming ^a   Soliman, Elsayed Z ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF REPORT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VERY ELDERLY; ANCESTRY GROUP; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPLICATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 84919860496     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: 19328737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.22339     Document Type: Article

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