The prevalence and predictors of Stroke among atrial fibrillation patients attending at Gondar University Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia.
Yonas GedamuAsefa Adimasu TaddeseMohamed AbdulkadirWorkagegnehu HailuOumer AbduPublished in: SAGE open medicine (2021)
The prevalence of stroke was higher compared with others studies. Patients with heart failure and thyroid disorders were the risk factor for the development of stroke; therefore, physicians and cardiologists may better to consider all these two disorders when they diagnose stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- oral anticoagulants
- end stage renal disease
- primary care
- catheter ablation
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- risk factors
- heart failure
- chronic kidney disease
- direct oral anticoagulants
- ejection fraction
- healthcare
- newly diagnosed
- emergency department
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery disease
- patient reported outcomes
- mitral valve