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

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Published in Circulation on February 01, 1994

Authors

S M Vaziri1, M G Larson, E J Benjamin, D Levy

Author Affiliations

1: Framingham Heart Study, Mass 01701.

Associated clinical trials:

Time-dependent Amiodarone Treatment in Atrial Fibrillation | NCT03432663

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