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Atrial Fibrillation in Older People: Concepts and Controversies

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the commonest cardiac rhythm abnormality and has a significant disease burden. Amongst its devastating complications is stroke, the risk of which increases with age. The stroke risk in an older person with AF is therefore tremendous, and oral-anticoagulation (OAC) therapy...

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Autores principales: Zathar, Zafraan, Karunatilleke, Anne, Fawzy, Ameenathul M., Lip, Gregory Y. H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6694766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31440508
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2019.00175