Seasonal variation in stroke and stroke-associated mortality in patients with a hospital diagnosis of nonvalvular atrial fibrillation or flutter: A population-based study in Denmark

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 220-225

  Frost, Lars ^a   Andersen, Ljubica Vukelic ^a   Mortensen, Leif Spange ^b   Dethlefsen, Claus ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Danish Comp Ctr for Res and Educ   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Danish National Registry of Patients; Seasonal variation in stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; STROKE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 33745054704     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092796     Document Type: Article

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