Female sex as a risk factor for stroke in atrial fibrillation: a nationwide cohort study

Anders Mikkelsen; J Lindhardsen; G Y H Lip; G H Gislason; C Torp-Pedersen; J B Olesen

doi:10.1111/j.1538-7836.2012.04853.x

Female sex as a risk factor for stroke in atrial fibrillation: a nationwide cohort study

Anders Mikkelsen, J Lindhardsen, G Y H Lip, G H Gislason, C Torp-Pedersen, J B Olesen

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Abstract

Female sex has been suggested as a risk factor for stroke/thromboembolism in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) and has therefore been included within risk scores, e.g., the CHA2 DS2 -VASc score, and guidelines.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Volume	10
Issue number	9
Pages (from-to)	1745-51
Number of pages	7
ISSN	1538-7933
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1538-7836.2012.04853.x
Publication status	Published - 2012

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Female sex as a risk factor for stroke in atrial fibrillation: a nationwide cohort study

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