Cohort profile: patient characteristics and quality-of-life measurements for newly-referred patients with atrial fibrillation—Keio interhospital Cardiovascular Studies-atrial fibrillation (KiCS-AF)

Ikemura, Nobuhiro; A. Spertus, John; Kimura, Takehiro; W. Mahaffey, Kenneth; P. Piccini, Jonathan; Inohara, Taku; Ueda, Ikuko; Tanimoto, Kojiro; Suzuki, Masahiro; Nakamura, Iwao; Akaishi, Makoto; Mitamura, Hideo; Fukuda, Keiichi; Takatsuki, Seiji; Kohsaka, Shun

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032746

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Cohort profile: patient characteristics and quality-of-life measurements for newly-referred patients with atrial fibrillation—Keio interhospital Cardiovascular Studies-atrial fibrillation (KiCS-AF)

Published in BMJ Open • Dec 1, 2019

Authors:

Nobuhiro Ikemura

John A. Spertus

Takehiro Kimura

Abstract

Purpose Besides the high rates of morbidity and mortality, atrial fibrillation (AF) is also associated with impairment of quality-of-life (QOL). However, reports covering non-selected AF population within Asian countries remain scarce. The objective of the Keio interhospital Cardiovascular Studies-a...

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Medicine

Atrial fibrillation

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