Journal article
Does Sex Affect Anticoagulant Use for Stroke Prevention in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation?
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Among patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), women are at higher risk of stroke than men. Using prospective cohort data from a large global population of patients with nonvalvular AF, we sought to identify any differences in the use of anticoagulants for stroke prevention in women and men.
METHODS AND RESULTS: This was a prospective multicenter observational registry with 858 randomly selected sites in 30 countries. A total of 17 …
Authors
Lip GYH; Rushton-Smith SK; Goldhaber SZ; Fitzmaurice DA; Mantovani LG; Goto S; Haas S; Bassand J-P; Camm AJ; Ambrosio G
Journal
Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Vol. 8, No. 2_suppl_1, pp. s12–s20
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
March 2015
DOI
10.1161/circoutcomes.114.001556
ISSN
1941-7713