Impact of hospitalization on health-related quality of life in atrial fibrillation patients in Canada and the United States: Results from an observational registry

American Heart Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 752-758

  Reynolds, Matthew R ^a   Morais, Edith ^b   Zimetbaum, Peter ^a  

^a HARVARD CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANADA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE REGISTRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 12; THORAX PAIN; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED STATES; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; INCIDENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CANADA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957839775     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.06.034     Document Type: Article

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