International variation in use of oral anticoagulation among heart failure patients with atrial fibrillation

American Heart Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 804-811

  Suarez, Jorge ^a   Piccini, Jonathan P ^a   Liang, Li ^a   Atherton, John J ^b   Hayward, Christopher S ^c   Krum, Henry ^d   Fonarow, Gregg C ^e   Lopes, Renato D ^a   Hernandez, Adrian F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVITAMIN K;

AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ASIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861335974     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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