Baseline functional status as the strongest predictor of in-hospital mortality in elderly patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: Results of the NONAVASC registry.

CONCLUSION: The overall in-hospital mortality of elderly patients with NVFA is high. Among all factors evaluated in the global geriatric assessment the baseline functional status was the strongest predictor for in-hospital mortality on this population. PMID: 28954714 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: European Journal of Internal Medicine - September 24, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Gullón A, Formiga F, Camafort M, Mostaza JM, Díez-Manglano J, Cepeda JM, Novo-Veleiro I, Pose A, Suárez Fernández C, NONAVASC study group. Vascular Risk Group of the Spanish Society of Internal Medicine Tags: Eur J Intern Med Source Type: research