Atrial fibrillation is a possible marker of frailty in hospitalized patients: Results of the GIFA Study

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-133

  Fumagalli, Stefano ^a   Tarantini, Francesca ^a   Guarducci, Lorenzo ^a   Pozzi, Claudia ^a   Pepe, Giuseppe ^a   Boncinelli, Lorenzo ^a   Valoti, Paolo ^a   Baldasseroni, Samuele ^a   Masotti, Giulio ^a   Marchionni, Niccolò ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Atrial fibrillation; Comorbidity; Frailty; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEART RATE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953169608     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03324785     Document Type: Article

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