New Risk Markers in Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation (AF) confers an independent increased risk of stroke and death. The stroke risk is very heterogeneous and current risk stratification models based on clinical variables, such as the CHADS2 and CHA2DS2VASc score, only offer a modest discriminating value. The aims of this thesis we...

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Main Author: Hijazi, Ziad
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper 2013
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-198833
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-554-8680-8