Incident atrial fibrillation and mortality in older adults with heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1118-1121

  Ahmed, Ali ^a,b,c,d   Perry, Gilbert J ^a,c  

^a Nutrition Sciences and Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Incident atrial fibrillation; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 28344441737     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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