Excessive Atrial Ectopy and Short Atrial Runs Increase the Risk of Stroke beyond Incident Atrial Fibrillation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 232-241

  Larsen, Bjørn Strøier ^a   Kumarathurai, Preman ^a   Falkenberg, Julie ^a   Nielsen, Olav W ^a   Sajadieh, Ahmad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

electrocardiography; epidemiology; premature atrial contractions; risk factors; stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECTOPIA CORDIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL PREMATURE COMPLEXES; COMORBIDITY; COMPLICATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DENMARK; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL PREMATURE COMPLEXES; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84937411566     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.05.018     Document Type: Article

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