Putting risk prediction in atrial fibrillation into perspective

European Heart Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1431-1433

  Piccini, Jonathan P ^a   Singer, Daniel E ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHA2DS2 VASC SCORE; CHADS2 SCORE; HAS-BLED SCORE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMORR2HAGES SCORE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; STROKE;

EID: 84863584133     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs031     Document Type: Review

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