Hospitalization: A relevant endpoint in atrial fibrillation management?

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1061-1062

  Le Heuzey, Jean Yves ^a  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DRONEDARONE; PLACEBO;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEATH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK REDUCTION; SIDE EFFECT;

AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 80051733034     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur178     Document Type: Editorial

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