Decrease in mortality in patients with a hospital diagnosis of atrial fibrillation in Denmark during the period 1980-1993

European Heart Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 1592-1599

  Frost, L ^a   Engholm, G ^b   Moller H ^b   Husted, S ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Ctr Res in Hlth and Social Stat   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Epidemiology; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032724263     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1999.1713     Document Type: Article

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