Atrial fibrillation patterns and risks of subsequent stroke, heart failure, or death in the community

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Lubitz, Steven A ^a   Moser, Carlee ^b   Sullivan, Lisa ^b   Rienstra, Michiel ^a,e   Fontes, João D ^c,f   Villalon, Mark L ^c   Pai, Manju ^g   McManus, David D ^h   Schnabel, Renate B ^f,i   Magnani, Jared W ^c,f   Yin, Xiaoyan ^f   Levy, Daniel ^f,j   Pencina, Michael J ^b,f   Larson, Martin G ^b,d,f   Ellinor, Patrick T ^a   Benjamin, Emelia J ^b,c,f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Boston University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^g LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER HAMBURG   (Germany)

^j NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Heart failure; Mortality; Pattern; Risk; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDETERMINATE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SUSTAINED DISEASE; MORTALITY; PATTERN; RISK; ALGORITHM; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMMUNITY; DEATH; POPULATION RESEARCH; SINUS RHYTHM; TREND STUDY; COMPLICATION; STROKE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; MORTALITY; PATTERN; RISK; STROKE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; STROKE;

EID: 84891719732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/jaha.113.000126     Document Type: Article

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