Atrial fibrillation in UK South Asian hospitalized ischemic stroke patients: The BRAINS study.

Taylor AureliusGie Ken-DrorSapna D SharmaSageet AmlaniGunaratnam GunathilaganDavid L CohenChakravarthi RajkumarStuart MaguireSissi IspoglouIbrahim BalogunAnthea ParryLakshmanan SekaranHafiz SyedEnas LawrenceRavneeta SinghAhamad HassanChris WhartonKhalid JavaidNeetish GoorahPeter CarrEman Abdus SamiPankaj Sharma

Published in: PloS one (2023)

Stroke patients of South Asian descent are at significantly lower risk of AF but more likely to be on antiplatelet treatment compared to their white British counterparts.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
heart failure
peritoneal dialysis
cross sectional
percutaneous coronary intervention
mitral valve