Practice-level variation in warfarin use among outpatients with atrial fibrillation (from the NCDR PINNACLE program)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1136-1140

  Chan, Paul S ^a,b   Maddox, Thomas M ^c   Tang, Fengming ^a   Spinler, Sarah ^d   Spertus, John A ^a,b  

^a SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; THIENOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; WARFARIN;

AGE; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BENCHMARKING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WARFARIN;

EID: 80053992926     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.06.017     Document Type: Article

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