Review of epidemiology and management of atrial fibrillation in developing countries

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2412-2420

  Nguyen, Tu N ^a,b   Hilmer, Sarah N ^a,b   Cumming, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antithrombotic therapies; Atrial fibrillation; Developing countries

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

AFRICA; ARGENTINA; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; BRAZIL; CAMEROON; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHIOPIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALAYSIA; MEXICO; NEPAL; NIGERIA; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; ZIMBABWE;

ANTITHROMBOTIC THERAPIES; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; WARFARIN;

EID: 84883827128     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.01.184     Document Type: Review

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