Atrial fibrillation in a multiethnic inpatient population of a large public hospital

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1438-1444

  Dang, David ^a   Patel, Rajan ^b   Haywood, L Julian ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Los Angeles Co Univ S CA Med C   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac arrhythmia; Healthcare; Race ethnic disparities; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CALIFORNIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 8344252793     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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