Prognostic significance of atrial fibrillation in patients at a tertiary medical center referred for heart transplantation because of severe heart failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1544-1547

  Mahoney, Paul ^a   Kimmel, Stephen ^a   Denofrio, David ^a   Wahl, Peter ^a   Loh, Evan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033152368     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00144-7     Document Type: Article

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