Rate versus rhythm control for management of atrial fibrillation in clinical practice: Results from the outcomes registry for better informed treatment of atrial fibrillation (ORBIT-AF) registry

American Heart Journal

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 622-629

  Steinberg, Benjamin A ^a,b   Holmes, Dajuanicia N ^b   Ezekowitz, Michael D ^c   Fonarow, Gregg C ^d   Kowey, Peter R ^c,e   Mahaffey, Kenneth W ^a,b   Naccarelli, Gerald ^f   Reiffel, James ^g   Chang, Paul ^h   Peterson, Eric D ^a,b   Piccini, Jonathan P ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LANKENAU INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MLH Heart Center   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^h JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84875433039     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.12.019     Document Type: Article

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