Journal article
Sex differences of vascular brain lesions in patients with atrial fibrillation
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine sex differences in prevalence, volume and distribution of vascular brain lesions on MRI among patients with atrial fibrillation (AF).
METHODS: In this cross-sectional analysis, we included 1743 patients with AF (27% women) from the multicentre Swiss Atrial Fibrillation study (SWISS-AF) with available baseline brain MRI. We compared presence and total volume of large non-cortical or cortical infarcts (LNCCIs), small …
Authors
Ceylan S; Aeschbacher S; Altermatt A; Sinnecker T; Rodondi N; Blum M; Coslovsky M; Evers-Dörpfeld S; Niederberger S; Conen D
Journal
Open Heart, Vol. 9, No. 2,
Publisher
BMJ
Publication Date
September 2022
DOI
10.1136/openhrt-2022-002033
ISSN
2398-595X