Relation of female sex to left atrial diameter and cardiovascular death in atrial fibrillation: The AFFIRM Trial

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 207, Issue , 2016, Pages 258-263

  Proietti, Marco ^a   Raparelli, Valeria ^b   Basili, Stefania ^b   Olshansky, Brian ^c   Lip, Gregory Y H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiovascular death; Left atrium; Women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIAL DIAMETER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HYPERTROPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DEATH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84958019479     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.01.169     Document Type: Article

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