Atrial fibrillation among Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with sepsis: Incidence and risk factors

American Heart Journal

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Walkey, Allan J ^a,g   Greiner, Melissa A ^b   Heckbert, Susan R ^c   Jensen, Paul N ^c   Piccini, Jonathan P ^b,d   Sinner, Moritz F ^e,f   Curtis, Lesley H ^b,d   Benjamin, Emelia J ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g not available   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CAUCASIAN; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 84880076995     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.03.020     Document Type: Article

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