Impact of atrial fibrillation on mortality and readmission in older adults hospitalized with heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 421-426

  Ahmed, Ali ^a   Thornton, Phillip ^a,b   Perry, Gilbert J ^a   Allman, Richard M ^c   Delong, James F ^d  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Electrocardiogram; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 2942594092     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2003.11.011     Document Type: Review

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