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Recent time trends in incidence, outcome and premorbid treatment of atrial fibrillation-related stroke and other embolic vascular events: a population-based study

BACKGROUND: Prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) is increasing, due partly to the ageing population. The Birmingham Atrial Fibrillation Treatment of the Aged (BAFTA) Trial, published in 2007, provided strong evidence of the effectiveness of warfarin at age≥80 years, but the impact on incidence of...

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Autores principales: Yiin, Gabriel S C, Howard, Dominic P J, Paul, Nicola L M, Li, Linxin, Mehta, Ziyah, Rothwell, Peter M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5256147/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26487646
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2015-311947