The importance of broadening the knowledge about atrial fibrillation throughout the Europe
Autor: | L. Battistin, Vida Demarin |
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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 |
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