Presence of atrial fibrillation is independently associated with adverse outcomes in patients hospitalized with heart failure an analysis of get with the guidelines-heart failure

Circulation: Heart Failure

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 191-201

  Mountantonakis, Stavros E ^a   Grau Sepulveda, Maria V ^b   Bhatt, Deepak L ^c   Hernandez, Adrian F ^b   Peterson, Eric D ^b   Fonarow, Gregg C ^d  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d California Los Angeles Cardiomyopathy Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Heart failure; Hospitalization; Mortality; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860791110     PISSN: 19413289     EISSN: 19413297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.111.965681     Document Type: Article

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