The increasing burden of atrial fibrillation compared with heart failure and myocardial infarction: A 15-year study of all hospitalizations in Australia

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 739-740

  Wong, Christopher X ^a   Brooks, Anthony G ^a   Leong, Darryl P ^a   Roberts Thomson, Kurt C ^a   Sanders, Prashanthan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUSTRALIA; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84861150328     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.878     Document Type: Article

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