The importance of broadening the knowledge about atrial fibrillation throughout the Europe

Autor: L. Battistin, Vida Demarin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Acta clinica Croatica
Volume 50
Issue Supplement 2
ISSN: 0353-9466
1333-9451
Popis: Atrial fibrillation is one of the main conventional risk factors for stroke ; increases 5-fold stroke risk and 15% of stroke patients have atrial fibrillation. Stroke patients with atrial fibrillation have increased risk morbidity/mortality (one year mortality 50%). Almost one third of stroke patients did not know for having atrial fibrillation before stroke onset.
Databáze: OpenAIRE