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Sex-related differences in risk factors, type of treatment received and outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation and acute stroke: Results from the RAF-study (Early Recurrence and Cerebral Bleeding in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke and Atrial Fibrillation)
Author(s) -
Kateryna Antonenko,
Maurizio Paciaroni,
Giancarlo Agnelli,
Nicola Falocci,
Cecilia Becattini,
Simona Marcheselli,
Christina Rueckert,
Alessandro Pezzini,
Loris Poli,
Alessandro Padovani,
László Csiba,
Lilla Szabó,
SungIl Sohn,
Tiziana Tassinari,
Azmil H. AbdulRahim,
Patrik Michel,
Maria Cordier,
Peter Vanacker,
Suzette Rémillard,
Andrea Alberti,
Michele Venti,
Monica Acciarresi,
Cataldo D’Amore,
Umberto Scoditti,
Licia Denti,
Giovanni Orlandi,
Alberto Chiti,
Gino Gialdini,
Paolo Bovi,
Monica Carletti,
Alberto Rigatelli,
Jukka Putaala,
Turgut Tatlisumak,
Luca Masotti,
Gianni Lorenzini,
Rossana Tassi,
Francesca Guideri,
Giuseppe Martini,
Georgios Tsivgoulis,
Kostantinos Vadikolias,
Sokratis G. Papageorgiou,
Francesco Corea,
Massimo Del Sette,
Walter Ageno,
Maria Luisa De Lodovici,
Giorgio Bono,
Antonio Baldi,
Sebastiano D’Anna,
Simona Sacco,
Antonio Carolei,
Cindy Tiseo,
Davide Imberti,
Dorjan Zabzuni,
Б. М. Доронин,
Vera Volodina,
Domenico Consoli,
Franco Galati,
Alessio Pieroni,
Danilo Toni,
Serena Monaco,
Mario Maimone Baronello,
Kristian Barlinn,
Lars-Peder Pallesen,
Jessica Kepplinger,
Ulf Bodechtel,
Johannes Gerber,
Dirk Deleu,
Gayane Melikyan,
Faisal Ibrahim,
Naveed Akhtar,
Maria Giulia Mosconi,
Kennedy R. Lees,
Valeria Caso
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
european stroke journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2396-9881
pISSN - 2396-9873
DOI - 10.1177/2396987316679577
Subject(s) - atrial fibrillation , medicine , stroke (engine) , modified rankin scale , cardiology , embolism , prospective cohort study , risk factor , ischemic stroke , ischemia , mechanical engineering , engineering
Atrial fibrillation is an independent risk factor of thromboembolism. Women with atrial fibrillation are at a higher overall risk for stroke compared to men with atrial fibrillation. The aim of this study was to evaluate for sex differences in patients with acute stroke and atrial fibrillation, regarding risk factors, treatments received and outcomes.

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