Racial differences in the prevalence and outcomes of atrial fibrillation among patients hospitalized with heart failure

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Thomas, Kevin L ^a,b   Piccini, Jonathan P ^a,b   Liang, Li ^a   Fonarow, Gregg C ^c   Yancy, Clyde W ^d   Peterson, Eric D ^a,b   Hernandez, Adrian F ^a,b  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Atrial fibrillation; Heart failure; Racial disparity; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLACK PERSON; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VERY ELDERLY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTICOAGULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; RACIAL DISPARITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPLICATION;

ANTICOAGULATION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; RACIAL DISPARITY; RISK FACTORS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARFARIN;

EID: 84891670705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.113.000200     Document Type: Article

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