Journal article
Epidemiology and determinants of outcome of admissions for atrial fibrillation in the United States from 1996 to 2001
The American journal of cardiology, Vol.94(4), pp.500-504
08/15/2004
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.04.068
PMID: 15325940
Abstract
Despite numerous epidemiologic studies, few data exist on recent trends in admissions to United States hospitals of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) as a primary diagnosis and on the determinants of outcome of these hospitalizations. In the present study, we investigated recent trends in the incidence of AF admissions to United States hospitals from 1996 to 2001 using a representative sample of all acute-care hospital admissions in the United States provided by the Centers for Disease Control, with special attention to the importance of age, gender, race, and other determinants of outcome, namely, in-hospital mortality.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Epidemiology and determinants of outcome of admissions for atrial fibrillation in the United States from 1996 to 2001
- Creators
- Farhat Khairallah - Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USARana EzzedineLeonard I GanzBarry LondonSamir Saba
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The American journal of cardiology, Vol.94(4), pp.500-504
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.04.068
- PMID
- 15325940
- ISSN
- 0002-9149
- eISSN
- 1879-1913
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/15/2004
- Academic Unit
- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Cardiovascular Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984025596202771
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