Typical, atypical, and asymptomatic presentations of new-onset atrial fibrillation in the community: Characteristics and prognostic implications

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1418-1424

  Siontis, Konstantinos C ^a,b   Gersh, Bernard J ^a   Killian, Jill M ^a   Noseworthy, Peter A ^a   McCabe, Pamela ^a   Weston, Susan A ^a   Roger, Veronique L ^a   Chamberlain, Alanna M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atral fibrillation; Clinical presentation; Palpitations; Prognosis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHADS2 SCORE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA; MORTALITY; NEW-ONSET ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UNITED STATES; WARFARIN;

EID: 84964685793     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2016.03.003     Document Type: Article

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