Female sex as a risk factor for stroke in atrial fibrillation

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7862, 2012, Pages

  Prescott, Eva ^a   Sørensen, Rikke ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

AGE; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; HAZARD RATIO; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STROKE;

EID: 84862705632     PISSN: 17561833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e3789     Document Type: Editorial

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