Prevalence, clinical correlates and treatment of permanent atrial fibrillation among the elderly: Insights from the first prospective population-based study in rural Greece

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-96

  Ninios, Ilias ^a   Bogossian, Harilaos ^a   Zarse, Markus ^b   Lazaridou, Fotini ^c   Dimitriadis, Kyriakos ^d   Ninios, Vlasios ^e   Lemke, Bernd ^a   Louridas, George ^f  

^a Department of Cardiology ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c Agios Pavlos General Hospital   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e St Luke's Hospital   (Greece)

^f AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anticoagulants; Atrial fibrillation; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALGORITHM; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG USE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GREECE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; STROKE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; RURAL POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 77953872818     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11239-009-0422-3     Document Type: Article

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