African Americans have the highest risk of in-hospital mortality with atrial fibrillation related hospitalizations among all racial/ethnic groups: A nationwide analysis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 165-166

  Turagam, Mohit K ^a   Velagapudi, Poonam ^a   Visotcky, Alexis ^b   Szabo, Aniko ^b   Kocheril, Abraham G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Ethnicity; Hospitalization; Race

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNICITY; GENDER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

EID: 84862024755     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.04.090     Document Type: Article

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