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 SharmaPublished 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
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- heart failure
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- catheter ablation
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- direct oral anticoagulants
- patient reported outcomes
- acute coronary syndrome
- smoking cessation
- venous thromboembolism
- mitral valve
- replacement therapy