Association between Atrial Fibrillation Symptoms, Quality of Life, and Patient Outcomes: Results from the Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (ORBIT-AF)

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 393-402

  Freeman, James V ^a   Simon, Dajuanicia N ^b   Go, Alan S ^c   Spertus, John ^d   Fonarow, Gregg C ^e   Gersh, Bernard J ^f   Hylek, Elaine M ^g   Kowey, Peter R ^h   Mahaffey, Kenneth W ⁱ   Thomas, Laine E ^b   Chang, Paul ^j   Peterson, Eric D ^b   Piccini, Jonathan P ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^e UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

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Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; morbidity; mortality; quality of life; symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION EFFECT ON QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; BLEEDING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHEST TIGHTNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EUROPEAN HEART RHYTHM ASSOCIATION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; EXERCISE INTOLERANCE; FAINTNESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PALPITATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX PAIN; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERY ELDERLY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRENDS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84937680382     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.114.001303     Document Type: Article

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