Characteristics and management of outpatients with history of or current atrial fibrillation: The observational French EPHA study

Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 103, Issue 6-7, 2010, Pages 376-387

  Cohen, Ariel ^a   Dallongeville, Jean ^b   Durand Zaleski, Isabelle ^c   Bouée, Stéphane ^d   Le Heuzey, Jean Yves ^e  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^d CEMKA EVAL   (France)

^e HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Comorbidity; Healthcare resource; Hospitalization; Outpatient; Therapeutic strategy

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ANTIVITAMIN K; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; STATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOLIPEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PERMANENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FRANCE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN K;

EID: 77956692407     PISSN: 18752136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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