Is there a seasonal variation in hospital admissions for acute-onset atrial fibrillation? [1]

Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 79-80

  Kountouris, Evaggelos ^a   Korantzopoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Dimitroula, Vasiliki ^a   Bartzokas, Aris ^b   Siogas, Konstantinos ^a  

^a G HATZIKOSTA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; ONSET AGE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; SEASONS;

EID: 14044278101     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082052     Document Type: Letter

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