Transesophageal echocardiographic thromboembolic risk is associated with smoking status in patients with atrial fibrillation

BACKGROUND: Smoking is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, but it is unclear whether smoking status, including environmental tobacco smoke, increases stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Abnormalities of the left atrium (LA) and aortic atherosclerosis, as detected by transes...

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Autores principales: Inao, Kyoko, Hirai, Tadakazu, Nakagawa, Keiko, Numa, Satoshi, Ohara, Kazumasa, Fukuda, Nobuyuki, Kinugawa, Koichiro, Inoue, Hiroshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5729004/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29255510
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joa.2017.07.012

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5729004/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29255510
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joa.2017.07.012

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