Population
3,894 Chinese patients with ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack from a stroke registry, including…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
15 years (data compared at 5-year intervals)
Authors
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Highlights an urgent need to improve anticoagulation implementation in high-risk populations; extends global epidemiological data.
AF-related stroke and TIA have increased by over 2.5-fold over a 15-year period in a Chinese population, with the vast majority occurring in patients not receiving adequate anticoagulation.
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