Greater Severity of Neurological Defects in Women Admitted With Atrial Fibrillation-Related Stroke.

CONCLUSIONS: Female sex was independently associated with the initial neurological severity among AF-related cardioembolic stroke patients.
PMID: 26511462 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Circulation Journal - October 29, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Nezu T, Hosomi N, Kondo K, Aoki S, Matsumoto M, Kobayashi S, Japan Standard Stroke Registry Study Group Tags: Circ J Source Type: research