Key result
Non-valvular AF ischemic stroke carries ~22% in-hospital mortality, predicted by large infarcts and heart failure.
Observational (n=69)
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Alerts clinicians to high mortality in NVAF stroke; leaves open validation of predictors for targeted strategies.
We retrospectively analyzed data of hospitalized patients from
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Mandi D Germain Samadoulougou K (2015) conducted an observational in Non-valvular atrial fibrillation related ischaemic stroke (n=69). Non-valvular atrial fibrillation was evaluated on In-hospital mortality. Non-valvular atrial fibrillation related ischaemic stroke was associated with a 21.7% in-hospital mortality rate, independently predicted by large-sized cerebral infarction and congestive heart failure.
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