Being female increases stroke hospitalisation risk by 23% in atrial fibrillation patients
Nice, France – 9 June 2016: A 15 year study in 1.1 million patients with atrial fibrillation has found that women are 23% more likely to be hospitalised for acute ischaemic stroke than men. The research was presented today at CARDIOSTIM – EHRA EUROPACE 2016 by Dr Ghanshyam Shantha, a cardiovascular disease fellow at the