Comparable ascertainment of newly-diagnosed atrial fibrillation using active cohort follow-up versus surveillance of centers for medicare and medicaid services in the atherosclerosis risk in communities study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Bengtson, Lindsay G S ^a   Kucharska Newton, Anna ^b   Wruck, Lisa M ^b   Loehr, Laura R ^b   Folsom, Aaron R ^a   Chen, Lin Y ^a   Rosamond, Wayne D ^b   Duval, Sue ^a   Lutsey, Pamela L ^a   Stearns, Sally C ^b   Sueta, Carla ^c   Yeh, Hsin Chieh ^d   Fox, Ervin ^e   Alonso, Alvaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPLICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899621696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094321     Document Type: Article

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