Exercise Capacity and Atrial Fibrillation Risk in Veterans A Cohort Study

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 558-566

  Faselis, Charles ^a,b   Kokkinos, Peter ^a,c,d   Tsimploulis, Apostolos ^a   Pittaras, Andreas ^a   Myers, Jonathan ^e,f   Lavie, Carl J ^g   Kyritsi, Fiorina ^a   Lovic, Dragan ^a   Karasik, Pamela ^a,b,c   Moore, Hans ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abbreviations and Acronyms AF atrial fibrillation; BMI body mass index; CCB calcium channel blocker; CPRS Computerized Patient Record System; CRF cardiorespiratory fitness; CVD cardiovascular disease; DM diabetes mellitus; ETT exercise tolerance test; HR hazard ratio; HTN hypertension; IQR interquartile range; MET metabolic equivalent; PA physical activity; VA Veterans Affairs

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY MASS; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG USE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIA; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESTING HEART RATE; SMOKING; SYMPTOM LIMITED EXERCISE TOLERANCE TEST; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VETERANS HEALTH;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84966473457     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: 19425546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2016.03.002     Document Type: Article

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