Prevalence of diagnosed atrial fibrillation in adults: National implications for rhythm management and stroke prevention: The anticoagulation and risk factors in atrial fibrillation (ATRIA) study

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 285, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 2370-2375

  Go, Alan S ^a,b   Hylek, Elaine M ^c   Phillips, Kathleen A ^a   Chang, Yu Chiao ^c   Henault, Lori E ^c   Selby, Joe V ^a   Singer, Daniel E ^c  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Clinical cardiology (lauer ms, ed); Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035832261     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.285.18.2370     Document Type: Article

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