Rate-control versus Rhythm-control Strategies and Outcomes in Septuagenarians with Atrial Fibrillation

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 887-893

  Shariff, Nasir ^a   Desai, Ravi V ^b   Patel, Kanan ^c   Ahmed, Mustafa I ^c   Fonarow, Gregg C ^d   Rich, Michael W ^e   Aban, Inmaculada B ^c   Banach, MacIej ^f   Love, Thomas E ^g   White, Michel ^h   Aronow, Wilbert S ⁱ   Epstein, Andrew E ^j,k   Ahmed, Ali ^c,l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^g CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

ⁱ NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^j VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^l BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation Hospitalization Mortality Propensity score Older adults Rate control Rhythm control

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DISOPYRAMIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; FLECAINIDE; HEPARIN; MORACIZINE; NITRATE; PROCAINAMIDE; PROPAFENONE; QUINIDINE; SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVERSION; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHYTHM; SEPTUAGENARIAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; MORTALITY; OLDER ADULTS; PROPENSITY SCORE; RATE CONTROL; RHYTHM CONTROL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884514657     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.04.021     Document Type: Article

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