Educational attainment is associated with atrial fibrillation symptom severity

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1090-1096

  Goli, Neeta M ^a   Thompson, Tiffany ^b   Sears, Samuel F ^c   Mounsey, J Paul ^b   Chung, Eugene ^b   Schwartz, Jennifer ^b   Wood, Kathryn ^d   Walker, Jennifer ^b   Guise, Kimberly ^b   Gehi, Anil K ^b  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation severity; education; electrophysiology Clinical; employment; quality of life; race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EDUCATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PALPITATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; WORK;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84866166828     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2012.03482.x     Document Type: Article

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