Factors influencing mortality in atrial fibrillation. Post hoc analysis of an observational study in outpatients

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 140-144

  Stöllberger, Claudia ^a   Winkler Dworak, Maria ^b   Finsterer, Josef ^a   Hartl, Elisabeth ^a   Chnupa, Pavel ^c  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^b VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

^c Ustav Kardiovaskularnych Chorob   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Epidemiology; Heart failure; Mortality; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUSTRIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 23244440499     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.08.036     Document Type: Article

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