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The Association of Atrial Fibrillation and Ischemic Stroke in Patients on Hemodialysis: A Competing Risk Analysis

BACKGROUND: Stroke is common in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) treated with hemodialysis (HD) and associated with high mortality rate. In the general population, atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major risk factor for stroke and therapeutic anticoagulation is associated with risk reduction...

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Autores principales: Findlay, Mark, MacIsaac, Rachael, MacLeod, Mary Joan, Metcalfe, Wendy, Sood, Manish M., Traynor, Jamie P., Dawson, Jesse, Mark, Patrick B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6767723/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31632680
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2054358119878719