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Prevalence of Atrial Fibrillation and Antithrombotic Therapy in Hemodialysis Patients: Cross-Sectional Results of the Vienna InVestigation of AtriaL Fibrillation and Thromboembolism in Patients on HemoDIalysis (VIVALDI)

BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) adds significant risk of stroke and thromboembolism in patients on hemodialysis (HD). The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of AF in a population-based cohort of HD patients and practice patterns of antithrombotic therapy for stroke prevention i...

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Autores principales: Königsbrügge, Oliver, Posch, Florian, Antlanger, Marlies, Kovarik, Josef, Klauser-Braun, Renate, Kletzmayr, Josef, Schmaldienst, Sabine, Auinger, Martin, Zuntner, Günther, Lorenz, Matthias, Grilz, Ella, Stampfel, Gerald, Steiner, Stefan, Pabinger, Ingrid, Säemann, Marcus, Ay, Cihan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5213813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28052124
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169400