A survey of subjects with present or previous atrial fibrillation in a Swedish community.
Objective - A study of subjects with known atrial fibrillation (AF) in a Swedish community. Design - A survey of subjects with present, or previous, AF (at 30 September 1998) identified through medical records. Setting - A community in the Stockholm Metropolitan area. Results - Altogether 230 subjec...
| Publicado en: | Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 20 - 25 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar2001
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