Echocardiographic predictors of nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation. The Framingham Heart Study. | Zendy

S. M. Vaziri | Zendy; Martin G. Larson | Zendy; Emelia J. Benjamin | Zendy; Daniel Levy | Zendy

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Echocardiographic predictors of nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation. The Framingham Heart Study.

Author(s) -

S. M. Vaziri,

Martin G. Larson,

Emelia J. Benjamin,

Daniel Levy

Publication year - 1994

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.89.2.724

Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , cardiology , hazard ratio , framingham risk score , quartile , heart failure , framingham heart study , population , confidence interval , proportional hazards model , heart disease , disease , environmental health

Although structural heart disease is often present in patients with nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation, the echocardiographic precursors of atrial fibrillation have not been reported previously. In this elderly, population-based cohort, our objective was to examine prospectively the echocardiographic predictors of nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation.

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