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A meta-analysis of clinical risk factors for stroke in anticoagulant-naïve patients with atrial fibrillation.

Jean Jacques NoubiapVitalis Fambombi FetehMelissa E MiddeldorpJohn L FitzgeraldGijo ThomasTimothy KleinigDennis H LauPrashanthan Sanders
Published in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2021)
This study confirms age and prior stroke as the strongest predictors of stroke or systemic embolism in anticoagulant-naive AF patients. Other predictors include hypertension, diabetes, heart failure, and vascular disease. Female sex seems not to be universally associated with stroke or systemic embolism.
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