Stroke and bleeding risk in atrial fibrillation

Korean Circulation Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 281-290

  Senoo, Keitaro ^a   Lane, Deirdre ^a   Lip, Gregory Y H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Hemorrhage; Risk assessment; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ASIAN; BLEEDING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHA2DS2 VACS SCORE; CHADS2 SCORE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 84907601377     PISSN: 17385520     EISSN: 17385555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2014.44.5.281     Document Type: Review

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