Increasing incidence of non-valvular atrial fibrillation in the UK from 2001 to 2013

Heart

Volumn 101, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 1748-1754

  Martinez, Carlos ^a   Katholing, Anja ^a   Wallenhorst, Christopher ^a   Granziera, Serena ^b   Cohen, Alexander T ^c   Freedman, Saul Benedict ^d  

^a Institute for Epidemiology Statistics and Informatics GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH TRANSITION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84947278939     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-307808     Document Type: Article

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