Atrial fibrillation in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians: a cross-sectional study
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Atrial fibrillation in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians: a cross-sectional study
OBJECTIVE To examine the prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) and cardiac structural characteristics in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. DESIGN Retrospective cross-sectional study linking clinical, echocardiography and administrative databases over a 10-year period. SETTING A tertiary, university teaching hospital in Adelaide, Australia. PARTICIPANTS Indigenous and non-Indigen...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Open
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2044-6055,2044-6055
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006242