Falls and atrial fibrillation in elderly patients

Acta Cardiologica Sinica

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 436-443

  Hung, Chen Ying ^a   Wu, Tsu Juey ^a,b,c   Wang, Kuo Yang ^a,c   Huang, Jin Long ^a,b,c   Loh, El Wui ^d   Chen, Yi Ming ^a,b   Lin, Chu Sheng ^a   Lin, Ching Heng ^a   Chen, Der Yuan ^a,b,e   Tang, Yih Jing ^a,c  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Superintendent of Kaohsiung Kai Syuan Psychiatric Hospital   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Benzodiazepine; Falls; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BENZODIAZEPINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; SENESCENCE;

EID: 84886913836     PISSN: 10116842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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