Validity of the diagnoses atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter in a Danish patient registry

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 149-153

  Rix, Thomas Andersen ^a   Riahi, Sam ^a   Overvad, Kim ^a,b   Lundbye Christensen, Soren ^a   Schmidt, Erik Berg ^a   Joensen, Albert Marni ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Registry; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS RHYTHM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; DENMARK; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84861027236     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: 16512006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14017431.2012.673728     Document Type: Article

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