Validity of international classification of disease codes to identify ischemic stroke and intracranial hemorrhage among individuals with associated diagnosis of atrial fibrillation

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 8-14

  Thigpen, Jonathan L ^a   Dillon, Chrisly ^b   Forster, Kristen B ^d   Henault, Lori ^c   Quinn, Emily K ^c   Tripodis, Yorghos ^c   Berger, Peter B ^d   Hylek, Elaine M ^c   Limdi, Nita A ^b  

^a NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; International classification of disease codes; Intracranial hemorrhages; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; ICD-9; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDITY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA MINING; FACTUAL DATABASE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STROKE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DATA MINING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927611592     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000371     Document Type: Article

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