TY - JOUR
T1 - Correlation of atrial fibrillation with presence or absence of mitral anular calcium in 604 persons older than 60 years
AU - Aronow, Wilbert S.
AU - Schwartz, Kenneth S.
AU - Koenigsberg, Mordecai
PY - 1987/5/1
Y1 - 1987/5/1
N2 - Savage et al1 reported a 12-fold increase in atrial fibrillation (AF) in persons with mitral anular calcium (MAC) in the Framingham Study. During a blinded, prospective study investigating the prevalence of MAC diagnosed by M-mode and 2-dimensional echo-cardiograms in an unselected population older than 62 years in a long-term health care facility,2,3 we recorded electrocardiograms to determine the prevalence of AF and its correlation with the presence or absence of MAC.
AB - Savage et al1 reported a 12-fold increase in atrial fibrillation (AF) in persons with mitral anular calcium (MAC) in the Framingham Study. During a blinded, prospective study investigating the prevalence of MAC diagnosed by M-mode and 2-dimensional echo-cardiograms in an unselected population older than 62 years in a long-term health care facility,2,3 we recorded electrocardiograms to determine the prevalence of AF and its correlation with the presence or absence of MAC.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9149(87)90885-X
DO - 10.1016/0002-9149(87)90885-X
M3 - Article
C2 - 3495165
AN - SCOPUS:0023228726
SN - 0002-9149
VL - 59
SP - 1213
EP - 1214
JO - The American Journal of Cardiology
JF - The American Journal of Cardiology
IS - 12
ER -