Chronic renal disease is associated with stroke and thromboembolism in atrial fibrillation independently from gender

Int J Cardiol. 2013 Oct 3;168(3):3106-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.04.072. Epub 2013 May 1.

Authors

Rui Providência¹, Sérgio Barra, Luís Paiva

Affiliation

¹ Cardiology Department, Coimbra's Hospital Centre and University, Portugal; Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Portugal. Electronic address: rui_providencia@yahoo.com.

PMID: 23642617
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.04.072

No abstract available

Keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Death; Female gender; Glomerular filtration rate; Ischemic stroke; Prognosis.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Asian People*
Atrial Fibrillation / mortality*
Female
Humans
Kidney Diseases / mortality*
Male
Stroke / mortality*