Incident Atrial Fibrillation and Disability-Free Survival in the Cardiovascular Health Study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 838-843

  Wallace, Erin R ^a   Siscovick, David S ^b   Sitlani, Colleen M ^c   Dublin, Sascha ^c,d   Mitchell, Pamela H ^c   Odden, Michelle C ^e   Hirsch, Calvin H ^f   Thielke, Stephen ^g   Heckbert, Susan R ^c,d  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; disability; disability free survival

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISABILITY FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; WALKING SPEED; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; INCIDENCE; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICARE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84963972149     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14037     Document Type: Article

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