Impact of atrial fibrillation on mortality in patients with chronic heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 571-575

  Van den Berg, Maarten P ^a   Van Gelder, Isabelle C ^a   Van Veldhuisen, Dirk J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Heart failure; Mortality; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0036802853     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00094-6     Document Type: Review

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