Occurrence of death and stroke in patients in 47 countries 1 year after presenting with atrial fibrillation: a cohort study
Lancet
; 388(10050): 1161-1169, 2016.
Artigo
em Inglês
| Sec. Est. Saúde SP, SESSP-IDPCPROD, Sec. Est. Saúde SP
| ID: biblio-1064592
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BR79.1
Localização: BR79.1
ABSTRACT
Background Atrial fi brillation is an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, but scant data are availablefor long-term outcomes in individuals outside North America or Europe, especially in primary care settings. Methods We did a cohort study using a prospective registry of patients in 47 countries who presented to a hospital emergency department with atrial fi brillation or atrial fl utter as a primary or secondary diagnosis. 15 400 individuals were enrolled to determine the occurrence of death and strokes (the primary outcomes) in this cohort over eight geographical regions (North America, western Europe, and Australia; South America; eastern Europe; the Middle Eastand Mediterrane an crescent; sub-Saharan Africa; India; China; and southeast Asia) 1 year after attending the emergency department. Patients from North America, western Europe, and Australia were used as the reference population, and compared with patients from the other seven regions...
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Coleções:
Bases de dados nacionais
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Brasil
Base de dados:
Sec. Est. Saúde SP
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SESSP-IDPCPROD
Assunto principal:
Fibrilação Atrial
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Acidente Vascular Cerebral
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo observacional
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Lancet
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Boehringer Ingelheim/DE
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Craigavon Area Hospital/GB
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Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town/ZA
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Eduardo Mondlane University/MZ
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Fuwai Hospital CAMS and PUMC/CN
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Instituto Dante Pazzanesse de Cardiologia/BR
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Lankenau Institute for Medical Research/US
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Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University/CA
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Sheikh Khalifa Medical City and Cleveland Clinic/AE
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St John's Medical College and Bangalore Research Institute/IN