No impact of atrial fibrillation on mortality risk in optimally treated heart failure patients

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 537-542

  Tveit, Arnljot ^a   Flonaes, Berit ^a   Aaser, Ellinor ^a   Korneliussen, Kari ^b   Froland, Gisle ^b   Gullestad, Lars ^c,d   Grundtvig, Morten ^e  

^a VESTRE VIKEN HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^b VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; SINUS RHYTHM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; NORWAY; OUTPATIENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 80052705801     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: 19328737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20939     Document Type: Article

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