Drivers of hospitalization for patients with atrial fibrillation: Results from the Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (ORBIT-AF)

American Heart Journal

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Steinberg, Benjamin A ^a,b   Kim, Sunghee ^b   Fonarow, Gregg C ^c   Thomas, Laine ^b   Ansell, Jack ^d   Kowey, Peter R ^e   Mahaffey, Kenneth W ^f   Gersh, Bernard J ^g   Hylek, Elaine ^h   Naccarelli, Gerald ⁱ   Go, Alan S ^j   Reiffel, James ^k   Chang, Paul ^l   Peterson, Eric D ^a,b   Piccini, Jonathan P ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e LANKENAU INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^h BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^k New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^l JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DABIGATRAN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHADS2 SCORE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE PATIENT; SYMPTOM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899577960     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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