Independent predictors of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation
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- 7 August 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Neurology
- Vol. 69 (6), 546-554
- https://doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000267275.68538.8d
Abstract
Background: Absolute stroke rates vary widely among patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. To balance the benefits and risks of chronic antithrombotic prophylaxis, it is important to estimate the absolute risk of stroke for individual patients.Keywords
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