CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND HISTORY OF STROKE OR TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK – SOME RESULTS FROM THE FACTS DATABASE
Background and purpose. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in adult population and represents an independent risk factor for stroke with an annual risk for thromboembolic events for chronic fibrillation estimated at three to six percentage. The risk of stroke is five time more fr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Amaltea Medical Publishing House
2013-06-01
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| Series: | Romanian Journal of Neurology |
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| Online Access: | https://revistemedicale.amaltea.ro/Romanian_Journal_of_NEUROLOGY/Revista_Romana_de_NEUROLOGIE-2013-Nr.2/RJN_2013_2_Art-01.pdf |