Mexican Americans with atrial fibrillation have more recurrent strokes than do non-hispanic whites

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2132-2136

  Simpson, Jennifer R ^a   Zahuranec, Darin B ^a   Lisabeth, Lynda D ^a,b   Sánchez, Brisa N ^b   Skolarus, Lesli E ^a   Mendizabal, Jorge E ^c   Smith, Melinda A ^a   Garcia, Nelda M ^a   Morgenstern, Lewis B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

prevention; stroke care

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; AGE; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; TEXAS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE;

EID: 77958018425     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.589127     Document Type: Article

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