Trends in the pharmacologic management of atrial fibrillation: Data from the Veterans Affairs health system

American Heart Journal

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Vaughan Sarrazin, Mary S ^a,b   Mazur, Alexander ^b   Chrischilles, Elizabeth ^c   Cram, Peter ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ATENOLOL; CARVEDILOL; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; METOPROLOL; PROPRANOLOL; VERAPAMIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; VETERANS HEALTH;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84903122893     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2014.03.024     Document Type: Article

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