Burden of disease and cost of illness of atrial fibrillation in Portugal

Introduction and Objectives: Atrial fibrillation is the most prevalent sustained arrhythmia. This paper estimates the burden and cost of illness attributable to atrial fibrillation in Portugal based on demographic and health statistics. Methods: Mortality data by cause of death came from the Europea...

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Main Authors: Miguel Gouveia, João Costa, Joana Alarcão, Margarida Augusto, Daniel Caldeira, Luís Pinheiro, António Vaz Carneiro, Margarida Borges
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2174204914002852