Impact of atrial fibrillation and heart failure, independent of each other and in combination, on mortality in community-dwelling older adults

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 909-913

  Bajaj, Navkaranbir S ^a,b   Bhatia, Vikas ^a,b   Sanam, Kumar ^a   Ather, Sameer ^a,b   Hashim, Taimoor ^a   Morgan, Charity ^a   Fonarow, Gregg C ^c   Nanda, Navin C ^a   Prabhu, Sumanth D ^a,b   Adamopoulos, Chris ^d   Kheirbek, Raya ^e   Aronow, Wilbert S ^f   Fletcher, Ross D ^e   Anker, Stefan D ^g   Ahmed, Ali ^a,b   Deedwania, Prakash ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Papanikolaou Hospital   (Greece)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84961351676     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2014.05.045     Document Type: Article

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