Atrial fibrillation management, outcomes and predictors of stable disease in daily practice: Prospective non-interventional study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 750-756

  Bosch, Ralph F ^a   Kirch, Wilhelm ^b   Theuer, Juergen Detlef ^c   Pittrow, David ^b   Kohlhaußen, Annette ^c   Willich, Stefan N ^d   Bonnemeier, Hendrik ^e  

^a Kardiologische Praxis Asperger Str ^*  (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c SANOFI AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Hospitalization; Long term; Management; Predictors; Thromboembolic prevention, stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIGITOXIN; DIGOXIN; DRONEDARONE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY EMBOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CARDIOVERSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; LONG-TERM; MANAGEMENT; PREDICTORS; THROMBOEMBOLIC PREVENTION, STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880919920     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.03.053     Document Type: Conference Paper

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