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Does female sex influence the receipt of oral anticoagulants and clinical outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation and acute stroke?
Does female sex influence the receipt of oral anticoagulants and clinical outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation and acute stroke?
There is a significant sex disparity in the management of atrial fibrillation, with women being less likely to receive oral anticoagulation before and after an acute stroke compared to men.
Potential undertreatment of women with AF and stroke merits clinical review; leaves open whether equalizing OAC use affects outcomes.
Women with atrial fibrillation were less likely to receive oral anticoagulants prior to and after stroke compared to men with atrial fibrillation, and when stroke occurred, regardless of the fact that in our study women were younger and with less severe stroke, outcomes did not differ between the sexes.
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Antonenko et al. (2016) studied this question.
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