Female gender and atrial fibrillation: An association with worse prognosis and outcomes

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Apr 1:184:321-322. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.02.062. Epub 2015 Feb 24.

Authors

Jelena Kornej¹, Andreas Bollmann², Gerhard Hindricks², Gregory Y H Lip³

Affiliations

¹ Leipzig University Heart Center, Department of Electrophysiology, Germany. Electronic address: jelena.kornej@gmx.de.
² Leipzig University Heart Center, Department of Electrophysiology, Germany.
³ University of Birmingham, Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, Birmingham, UK.

PMID: 25731849
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.02.062

No abstract available

Keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Female gender; Heart failure; Stroke.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Atrial Fibrillation / epidemiology*
Female
Humans
Inpatients*
Male
Population Surveillance*