Peripheral arterial disease is associated with an increased risk of atrial fibrillation in the elderly

Europace

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 794-798

  Griffin, William F ^a   Salahuddin, Taufiq ^b   O'Neal, Wesley T ^b   Soliman, Elsayed Z ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Peripheral arterial disease; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84983772830     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euv369     Document Type: Article

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