Obesity and the risk of new-onset atrial fibrillation

JAMA

Volumn 292, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 2471-2477

  Wang, Thomas J ^a,b   Parise, Helen ^a,c   Levy, Daniel ^a,d,e   D'Agostino, Ralph B ^a,c   Wolf, Philip A ^a,e   Vasan, Ramachandran S ^a,e   Benjamin, Emelia J ^a,e  

^a FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 9244247612     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.292.20.2471     Document Type: Article

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