Methods of data collection and definitions of cardiac outcomes in the Rotterdam Study

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 173-185

  Leening, Maarten J G ^a   Kavousi, Maryam ^a   Heeringa, Jan ^a   Van Rooij, Frank J A ^a   Verkroost Van Heemst, Jolande ^a   Deckers, Jaap W ^a   Mattace Raso, Francesco U S ^a   Ziere, Gijsbertus ^a,b   Hofman, Albert ^a   Stricker, Bruno H Ch ^a,c   Witteman, Jacqueline C M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Geriatric Medicine ^*  (Netherlands)

^c Inspectorate for Health Care   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Coronary revascularization; Diagnostic guidelines; Epidemiologic methods; Heart failure; Myocardial infarction; Population based; Sudden cardiac death; Unrecognized myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84860305699     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-012-9668-8     Document Type: Article

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