Mortality associated to atrial fibrillation still on the rise: United States, 1999 to 2014

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 222, Issue , 2016, Pages 788-789

  Fedeli, Ugo ^a   Ferroni, Eliana ^a   Pengo, Vittorio ^b  

^a Epidemiological Department Veneto Region   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Epidemiology; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENGLAND; HUMAN; ICD-10-CM; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84981156646     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.08.090     Document Type: Article

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