Physical activity, resting heart rate, and atrial fibrillation: The Tromsø Study

European Heart Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 29, 2016, Pages 2307-2313

  Morseth, Bente ^a,b   Graff Iversen, Sidsel ^a,c   Jacobsen, Bjarne K ^a   Jørgensen, Lone ^a,b   Nyrnes, Audhild ^a   Thelle, Dag S ^c,d,e   Vestergaard, Peter ^f   Løchen, Maja Lisa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^f AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Exercise; Physical activity; Resting heart rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDURANCE TRAINING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTING HEART RATE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; INCIDENCE; NORWAY; RISK FACTOR;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NORWAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84975716503     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw059     Document Type: Article

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