Gender-related differences in risk of cardiovascular morbidity and all-cause mortality in patients hospitalized with incident atrial fibrillation without concomitant diseases: A nationwide cohort study of 9519 patients

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-99

  Andersson, Tommy ^a   Magnuson, Anders ^a   Bryngelsson, Ing Liss ^a   Frøbert, Ole ^a   Henriksson, Karin M ^b,c   Edvardsson, Nils ^d   Poçi, Dritan ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiovascular morbidity; Cohort; Mortality; Nationwide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERY ELDERLY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TRENDS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84909974321     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.09.092     Document Type: Article

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