The intersection of atrial fibrillation and heart failure in a hospitalised population

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 395-402

  Jones, Julia D ^a   Khand, Aleem U ^a,b   Douglas, Homeyra ^a   Ashrafi, Reza ^a   Shaw, Morag ^c   Cleland, John G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Epidemiology; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; QRS COMPLEX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS RHYTHM; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84884160800     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: 03737934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.68.4.2988893     Document Type: Article

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