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Methodologic Differences Across Studies of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Lead to Varying Estimates of Stroke Risk

BACKGROUND: Guidelines for anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation (AF) assume that stroke risk scheme point scores correspond to fixed stroke rates. However, reported stroke rates vary widely across AF cohort studies, including studies from the same country. Reasons for this variation are unclear. T...

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Autores principales: Quinn, Gene R., Severdija, Olivia N., Chang, Yuchiao, Dallalzadeh, Liane O., Singer, Daniel E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6220538/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29886417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.007537