RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Rizzo, Toni
T1 Anticoagulation and Antithrombotic Therapy in Atrial Fibrillation
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2012
FD SAGE Publications
VO 12
IS 13
SP 32
OP 33
DO 10.1177/155989771213023
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/13/32.abstract
AB Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) have a 5-fold risk of stroke and suffer more severe strokes compared with the general population [Camm AJ et al. Eur Heart J 2010]. One-year mortality in stroke patients with AF is 63% versus 34% in those without AF (p<0.001) [Lin H-J et al. Stroke 1996]. The risk of stroke recurrence is slightly higher in patients with AF (6.9% vs 4.7% in those without AF; p=0.0398) [Marini C et al. Stroke 2005].