N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide as a predictor of incident atrial fibrillation in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis: the effects of age, sex and ethnicity

Kristen K Patton; Susan R Heckbert; Alvaro Alonso; Hossein Bahrami; Joao A C Lima; Gregory Burke; Richard A Kronmal

doi:10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304724

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Heart rhythm disorders

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N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide as a predictor of incident atrial fibrillation in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis: the effects of age, sex and ethnicity

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Kristen K Patton Division of Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Susan R Heckbert Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Alvaro Alonso Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hossein Bahrami Cardiology Division, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Joao A C Lima Department of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gregory Burke Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Richard A Kronmal Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Richard A Kronmal, Collaborative Health Studies Coordinating Center, University of Washington, Bldg. 29, Suite 310, 6200 NE 74th Street, Seattle, WA 98115, USA; kronmal{at}u.washington.edu

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Patton KK, Heckbert SR, Alonso A, et al

N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide as a predictor of incident atrial fibrillation in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis: the effects of age, sex and ethnicity

Heart 2013;99:1832-1836.

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Received July 26, 2013
Revised August 21, 2013
Accepted August 26, 2013
First published October 16, 2013.

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October 25, 2017

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