TY - JOUR
T1 - Risk factors for new thromboembolic stroke in patients ≤62 years of age with chronic atrial fibrillation
AU - Aronow, Wilbert S.
AU - Ahn, Chul
AU - Kronzon, Itzhak
AU - Gutstein, Hal
PY - 1998/7/1
Y1 - 1998/7/1
N2 - In a prospective study of 312 older patients with chronic atrial fibrillation, at 36-month follow-up evaluation, new thromboembolic stroke developed in 162 of 312 patients (52%). Significant independent risk factors for new thromboembolic stroke were prior stroke (risk ratio = 1.6), rheumatic mitral stenosis (risk ratio = 2.0), left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy (risk ratio = 2.8), abnormal LV ejection fraction (risk ratio = 1.8), serum total cholesterol (risk ratio = 1.005), and serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (risk ratio = 0.96).
AB - In a prospective study of 312 older patients with chronic atrial fibrillation, at 36-month follow-up evaluation, new thromboembolic stroke developed in 162 of 312 patients (52%). Significant independent risk factors for new thromboembolic stroke were prior stroke (risk ratio = 1.6), rheumatic mitral stenosis (risk ratio = 2.0), left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy (risk ratio = 2.8), abnormal LV ejection fraction (risk ratio = 1.8), serum total cholesterol (risk ratio = 1.005), and serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (risk ratio = 0.96).
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U2 - 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00247-1
DO - 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00247-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 9671020
AN - SCOPUS:0032127763
SN - 0002-9149
VL - 82
SP - 119
EP - 121
JO - American Journal of Cardiology
JF - American Journal of Cardiology
IS - 1
ER -