1. Increased burden of comorbidities and risk of cardiovascular death in atrial fibrillation patients in Europe over ten years: A comparison between EORP-AF pilot and EHS-AF registries
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Proietti, Marco, Laroche, Cécile, Nieuwlaat, Robby, Crijns, Harry J.G.M., Maggioni, Aldo P., Lane, Deidre A., Boriani, Guiseppe, Lip, Gregory Y.H., Hellum, C. Fragtrup, Mortensen, B., Joensen, A. M., Sørensen, B. Ginnerup, Rasmussen, L. H., Cardiologie, RS: CARIM - R2.01 - Clinical atrial fibrillation, and MUMC+: MA Cardiologie (9)
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Male ,PROGNOSIS ,Epidemiology ,Comorbidity ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,DISEASE ,0302 clinical medicine ,Older patients ,Risk Factors ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Atrial Fibrillation ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Prospective Studies ,Registries ,Societies, Medical ,Atrial fibrillation ,Middle Aged ,Thromboembolic risk ,Europe ,Female ,STROKE ,medicine.medical_specialty ,HEART SURVEY ,MEMBER COUNTRIES ,Lower risk ,Cardiovascular death ,EVENTS ,03 medical and health sciences ,Internal medicine ,Thromboembolism ,Internal Medicine ,MANAGEMENT ,Humans ,Mortality ,Propensity Score ,Aged ,business.industry ,Anticoagulants ,medicine.disease ,Survival Analysis ,Propensity score matching ,GENERAL REGISTRY ,Multivariate Analysis ,business ,FOLLOW-UP - Abstract
Background: In 2002, the European Society of Cardiology conducted the Euro Heart Survey (EHS), while in 2014concluded 1-year follow-up of the EURObservational Research Programme AF (EORP-AF) Pilot Registry. Methods: We analysed differences in clinical profiles, therapeutic approaches and outcomes between these two cohorts after propensity score matching (PSM). Results: After PSM, 5206 patients were analysed. In EORP-AF there were more elderly patients than EHS (p
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- 2018
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