Atrial fibrillation and exercise in women: Some answers given, some questions remain

Heart

Volumn 101, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 1605-1606

  Gjesdal, Knut ^a,b   Grundvold, Irene ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ATHLETE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; KINESIOTHERAPY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84945453534     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-307836     Document Type: Editorial

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