Atrial fibrillation: Improvement in identification and stroke preventive therapy - Data from the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink, 2000-2012

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 169-173

  Scowcroft, A C E ^a   Cowie, M R ^b  

^a BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; CPRD; epidemiology; primary care; stroke prevention; UK

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CPRD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIMARY CARE; STROKE PREVENTION; UK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STROKE;

EID: 84892865815     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.11.086     Document Type: Article

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