Atrial fibrillation: An independent risk factor for nonaccidental falls in older patients

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 973-979

  Sanders, Natalie A ^a   Ganguly, Joya A ^a   Jetter, Tawni L ^a   Daccarett, Marcos ^a   Wasmund, Stephen L ^a   Brignole, Michelino ^b   Hamdan, Mohamed H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; fall predictors; nonaccidental fall

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; PROPAFENONE;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PACEMAKER; POLYPHARMACY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84864696315     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2012.03443.x     Document Type: Review

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